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

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: Truman Capote Quotes

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.

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system...

Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system...

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...

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 isn't writing at all - it's typing

It isn't writing at all - it's typing

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.