583 Quotes by Truman Capote

Life is difficult enough without Meryl Streep movies.

She took off her dark glasses and squinted at me. It was as though her eyes were shattered prisms, the dots of blue and gray and green like broken bits of sparkle.

I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s.

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

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

A beautiful day with the buoyancy of a bird.

That's the difference between the serious artist and the craftsman--the craftsman can take material and because of his abilities do a professional job of it. The serious artist, like Proust, is like an object caught by a wave and swept to shore. He's obsessed by his material; it's like a venom working in his blood and the art is the antidote.

I know the next best thing is often the very best.

If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau in Puerto Rico. And I may yet.