Truman Capote Quotes

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make. Breakfast at Tiffany's

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself. Breakfast at Tiffany's

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. And after that, the whip came down.

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year