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I know the next best thing is often the very best.

Truman Capote

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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Truman Streckfus Persons
Truman Garcia Capote
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Actually, I think friendship and love are exactly the same thing.
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But mostly they were lies I told it wasn't my fault, I couldn't remember, because it was as though I'd been to one of those supernatural castles visited by characters in legends: once away, you do not remember, all that is left is the ghostly echo of haunting wonder.
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Personally, I rather think that if you're not creative you've got a problem on your hands. If you are creative you've got a double problem.
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Some prisons don't allow guitar because the strings can be detached and used as weapons.
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One of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it's going to be told.
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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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I live in Brooklyn. By choice. Those ignorant of its allures are entitled to wonder why.
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It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing.
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You can do films for the fun of it, or the thrill of it, but certain films you can't do unless there's something driving you, something you have a passion for that will pull you through.
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I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it till the end of the race.
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Half the people who snuff people, that's what they want: recognition. Get their picture in the paper.
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June, July, all through the warm months she hibernated like a winter animal who did not know spring had come and gone.
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At one time I used to keep notebooks with outlines for stories. But I found doing this somehow deadened the idea in my imagination. If the notion is good enough, if it truly belongs to you, then you can't forget it-it will haunt you till it's written.
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The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child's Sunday, lost voices, one's favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory.
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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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I told you: you can make yourself love anybody.
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