583 Quotes by Truman Capote

I think the whole student rebellion is not really a rebellion at all... They want a certain kind of identity; they’re jockeying with each other for political power in their own culture. The basis for this behavior is a desire for notoriety.

As a matter of fact, Janice wrote Preacher a letter in red ink on lace-trimmed paper in which she told him he was vile beyond all human beings and words, that she considered their engagement broken, that he could have back the stuffed squirrel he’d given her. Preacher, saying he wanted to act nice, stopped her the next time she passed our house, and said, well, hell, she could keep that old squirrel if she wanted to. Afterwards, he couldn’t understand why Janice ran away bawling the way she did.

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.

Small towns are best for spending Christmas, I think. They catch the mood quicker and change and come alive under its spell.

She was through the doors before I recognized her, which was pardonable, for Holly and libraries were not an easy association to make. I let curiosity guide me between the lions, debating on the way whether I should admit following her or pretend coincidence.

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

I think the only person a writer has an obligation to is himself. If what I write doesn’t fulfill something in me, if I don’t honestly feel it’s the best I can do, then I’m miserable.

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

A man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.