Persons Quote by Philip Seymour Hoffman

Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.

— Lisa Unger

Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.

— Gore Vidal

When Truman Capote wrote from the perspective of condemned murderers from a lower economic class than his own, he had some gall. But writing…

— Lionel Shriver

Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.

— Truman Capote

“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue- you sell him a…

— Christopher Morley

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

— Alvin Ailey

“After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.”

— George Ade

“A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.”

— Sandra Chami Kassis

Ultimately the product that any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is.

— William Zinsser

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a…

— Christopher Morley

“He was described as the literary leader of the age, but had never written a book that sold more than three thousand copies.”

— Ayn Rand

When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue, you sell him a whole…

— Anonymous