Truman Capote Quotes

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Truman Capote

Profession : Novelist

Birth : September 30, 1924

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

Truman Capote

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

Truman Capote

It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something.

Truman Capote

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.

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.

Truman Capote

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

Truman Capote

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

Truman Capote