Quotes by Truman Capote

Truman Capote

Truman Capote

American writer

Lived from: 1924 - 1984

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 30 september 1924 Died: 25 august 1984

  • Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town.

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  • A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
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  • All literature is gossip.
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  • Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
    Breakfast at Tiffany's
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  • Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system of appeals that pervades American jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic wheel of fortune, a game of chance, somewhat fixed in the favor of the criminal, that the participants play interminably.
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  • Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
    Self-Portrait (1972)
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  • Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town.
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  • Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.
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  • I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
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  • Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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  • Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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  • Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries.
    Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948)
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  • To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.
    Conversations
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  • Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.
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  • You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.
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What are the most famous quotes from Truman Capote?

The two most famous quotes from Truman Capote are:

  • "A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet."
  • "All literature is gossip."

When did Truman Capote live?

Truman Capote was born in 1924 and died in the year 1984.