Truman Capote
Truman Capote
Truman Garcia Capotewas an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany'sand the true crime novel In Cold Blood, which he labeled a "nonfiction novel". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced of Capote novels, stories, and plays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 September 1924
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
The way his plump hand clutched at her hip seemed somehow improper; not morally, aesthetically.
I despise people who can't control themselves.
I told you: you can make yourself love anybody.
Dizzy with excitement is no mere phrase.
It may be normal, darling; but I'd rather be natural.
She sounds the way bananas taste.
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot". ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly
You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
Here is a hall without exit, a tunnel without end.
Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it, French hoard it, Italians squander it, Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. Know what I say? I say time is a crook.
would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse. A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick.
I haven't anything against whores, except this: some of them may have an honest tongue but they all have dishonest hearts.
My yardstick is how somebody treats me.
It is no shame to have a dirty face- the shame comes when you keep it dirty.