583 Quotes by Truman Capote

Sicily is more beautiful than any woman.

Any work of art, provided it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

I've been working, working, working, and you know, sometimes you look back at your work and you see that it just isn't any good.

At one time I used to keep notebooks with outlines for stories. But I found doing this somehow deadened the idea in my imagination. If the notion is good enough, if it truly belongs to you, then you can't forget it-it will haunt you till it's written.

Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can't stand it for some reason.

Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.

There is such an animal as a nonstylist, only they're not writers - they're typists.

Mick Jagger moves like a parody between a majorette girl and Fred Astaire.

I'm very scared, Buster. Yes, at last. Because it could go on forever. Not knowing what's yours until you've thrown it away.