Quote by Truman Capote (1924-1984)

• I conceived the whole adventure as a short comic -nonfiction novel- the first. That book was an important event for me. While writing it, I realized I just might have found a solution to what had always been my greatest creative quandary. I wanted to produce a journalistic novel, something on a large scale that would have the credibility of fact, the immediacy of film, the depth and freedom of prose, and the precision of poetry.

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

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

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

• Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

• In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist.