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Truman Capote Inspirational Quotes (175)

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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
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Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder it is best done when one is a child after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise whe was perfect.
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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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I never had a rejection slip in my life.
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Dizzy with excitement is no mere phrase.
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That's all a writer has to write about - what he sees and hears and what not.
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I despise people who can't control themselves.
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I would have liked to have known Oscar Wilde because I think he must have been very amusing and entertaining.
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Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.
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How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.
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She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.
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She took off her dark glasses and squinted at me. It was as though her eyes were shattered prisms, the dots of blue and gray and green like broken bits of sparkle.
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A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.
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There is such an animal as a nonstylist, only they're not writers - they're typists.
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Love should be allowed. I’m all for it. Now that I’ve got a pretty good idea what it is.
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If you can't be friends with a lover, then forget it. It's not going to work.
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With one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine.
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I know the next best thing is often the very best.
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When I'm writing, I never write more than four hours a day.
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Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.
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Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.
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There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink.
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