Capote Quotes

20 quotes by 17 authors

I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do… — Debbie Harry
Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it. — Debbie Harry
Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house. — Gore Vidal
I am the heterosexual Truman Capote. — Joseph Epstein
Capote, of course, addressed very similar themes to Good Night and Good Luck. Both films are about determined journalists defying obstacles in a relentless pursuit… — Jon Stewart
Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him. — Rich Little
I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers. — Kiran Desai
I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu. — Toby Jones
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. — Alvin Ailey
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use… — Joshua Foer
I love 'Capote.' Huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman; if he's not my all-time favorite actor he's definitely in my top five. I just love… — Chris Pratt
I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me. — Zadie Smith
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot". ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly — Truman Capote
To wake up one morning and feel that I was a last a grown-up person, emptied of resentment, vengeful thoughts and other wasteful childish emotions.… — Truman Capote
Look at Picasso. Oâ€™Neill. Tennessee Williams. Capote. Were these shiny happy people spreading sunshine? No. Only the greatest of personal demons can force you to… — Marisha Pessl
A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who,… — Mary McCarthy
Truman Capote is really an interesting cat. — Steve Earle
Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer. — Lisa Unger
Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. — Gerald Clarke
I don't think Capote loved Smith. But he did make a deep connection. It upset some people, because that had never been the approach to… — Gerald Clarke

Who Wrote These Capote Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 20 Capote Quotes as follows: