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Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.

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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
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It's like a jumble of huts in a jungle somewhere. I don't understand how you can live there. It's really, completely dead. Walk along the street, there's nothing moving. I've lived in small Spanish fishing villages which were literally sunny all day long everyday of the week, but they weren't as boring as Los Angeles.
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I couldn't understand a sense of unease that multiplied until I could hear my heart beating.
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