Truman Capote Quotes

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. Music for Chameleons

Adorned with cape, with tricorn, saintly soul singing in librarian tones an enameled song that coolly celebrates her chewing-gum enthusiasms.

My book isn't gossip except in the sense that all literature is gossip. In response to question about "Answered Prayers"

Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system of appeals that pervades American jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic wheel of fortune, a game of chance, somewhat fixed in the favor of the criminal, that the participants play interminably. In Cold Blood

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places

Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town.

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends. Conversations with Capote

Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there." In Cold Blood

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.