583 Quotes by Truman Capote

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.

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end.

My major regret in life is that my childhood was unnecessarily lonely.

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

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.

I can see every monster as they come in.

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.