Truman Capote

I always felt that nobody was going to understand me, going to understand what I felt about things. I guess that's why I started writing. At least on paper I could put down what I thought.
-Truman Capote

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.
-Truman Capote

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
-Truman Capote

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations.
-Truman Capote

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
-Truman Capote

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.
-Truman Capote