A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: Truman Capote Quotes

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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.

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped...

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped...

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's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

That isn't writing at all, it's typing.

That isn't writing at all, it's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

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...

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged...

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged...

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

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

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,...

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...

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip...

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip...

Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.