Truman Capote

“Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.”

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”

“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.”

“All literature is gossip.”

“I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.”

“I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius.”

“Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you're really friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.”

“Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade, just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.”

“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.”

“The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.”

“I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down.”

“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.”

“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.”

“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.”

“She is a phony. But she is a real phony.”

“It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.”