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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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Writing in the first person automatically gives you a point of view.
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I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.
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She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise whe was perfect.
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I also write the last paragraph or page of a story first. That way I always know what I'm working towards.
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Of course people couldn't help but think I must be a bit of a dyke myself. And of course I am. Everyone is: a bit. So what? That never discouraged a man yet, in fact it seems to goad them on.
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I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods.
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There is no shame — having a dirty face — the shame comes when you keep it dirty.
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