Quotes by : Truman Capote

I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool....

Royal summoned mourners. They came from the village, from the neighboring hills and, wailing like dogs....

Before publication, and if provided by persons whose judgment you trust, yes, of course criticism helps.....

It was as if I were an oyster and somebody forced a grain of sand into my shell -- a grain of sand that....

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

You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

I think the argument that no whites are free of racism is quite erroneous. But then, on another level,....

Some cities, like wrapped boxes under Christmas trees, conceal unexpected gifts, secret delights. Some....

A very fine artist can take something quite ordinary and, through sheer artistry and willpower, turn....