Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system of appeals that pervades American jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic wheel of fortune, a game of chance, somewhat fixed in the favor of the criminal,…

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: D Day Quotes

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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

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

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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

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

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like...

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like...

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

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

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

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

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music....

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music....

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and,...

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and,...

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

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

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard...

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard...

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

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

I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.

I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.

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

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

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good...

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good...

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't...

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but...

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but...

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.