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

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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...

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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...

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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.

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...

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

It's a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two...

It's a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two...

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

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

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

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...

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

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

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.