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Truman Capote Quotes
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Famous Truman Capote Quotations
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Truman Capote (pronounced /etruemen k-?poeti/) (30 September 1924, New Orleans, Louisiana - 25 August 1984, Los Angeles, California) was an American writer whose short stories, novels, plays, and non-fiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays
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- Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote »
- I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. Truman Capote »
- I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true. Truman Capote »
- It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year. Truman Capote »
- Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. Truman Capote »
- The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child's Sunday, lost voices, one's favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory. Truman Capote »
- To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make. Truman Capote »
- 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. Truman Capote »
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