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

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: Truman Capote Quotes

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...

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...

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's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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

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

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...

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.