I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel — Truman Capote
I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years. — Truman Capote
It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something. — Truman Capote
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make. — Truman Capote
When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely. — Truman Capote
The true beloveds of this world are in their lover’s eyes lilacs opening, ship lights — Truman Capote