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Good Quotes by Truman Capote
- A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
- Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
- Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.
- Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
- Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art.…
- The good thing about masturbation is that you don't have to get dressed up for it.
- It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing.
- Good writing is rewriting.
- What I found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany's. It calms me down right away, the…
- Love should be allowed. I’m all for it. Now that I’ve got a pretty good idea what it is.
- Good luck and believe me, dearest Doc - it's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just…
- you got to want it to be good, and I don't want it.
- I’ve tried that. I’ve tried aspirin, too. Rusty thinks I should smoke marijuana, and I did for a while, but it only makes me giggle.…
- She was a triumph over ugliness, so often more beguiling than real beauty, if only because it contains paradox. In this case, as opposed to…
- When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.
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