583 Quotes by Truman Capote

The average personality re-shapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul-desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change.

Fitzgerald has charm. It's a silly word, but it's an exact word for me. I like 'The Great Gatsby' and it's sad, gay nostalgia.

Imagination, of course, can open any door - turn the key and let terror walk right in.

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

You can love somebody without it being like that. You keep them a stranger, a stranger who's a friend.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Women are like flies: they settle on sugar or shit. I'm not saying I'm sugar, but she's sure settled for shit now. My name is George Schmidt.

Don't wanna sleep, don't wanna die, just wanna go a-travelin' through the pastures of the sky.

He loved her, he loved her, and until he'd loved her she had never minded being alone....