Truman Capote Quotes

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.

Truman Capote

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984

Topics

GoodArtFunWritingBadDown

I was a mathematician by nature, and still am - I just knew I didn't want to be a mathematician. So I decided not to take any mathematics courses.

Stephen Sondheim

NatureMathematicsWantTakeJust

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

Tony Robbins

ResponsibilityWhateverTakeHappens

My mother liked to buy houses, fix them up, and turn them over. We'd live somewhere for a few months and then move to another house, sometimes just two blocks away.

Robin Wright

MotherLiveHouseSometimesFixUp

I fell in love with 'Ben Hur' when I was 8 years old, and I just knew I had to be involved in movies, even if I was the guy who melted the butter on the popcorn.

Rod Lurie

LoveMoviesPopcornOldYearsGuy

Going from The Shield to singles competition, it wasn't a really big transition for me. Before we were The Shield, we were all singles wrestlers. And we were wrestling a bunch of guys all the time down in developmental.

Roman Reigns

TimeCompetitionMeDownTransition

The web is democratising and also the voice of people who don't think they have another outlet. And that voice can be punitive.

Mary Beard

PeopleVoiceThinkWebWhoOutlet

When you've got African parents, you go to uni, do finance, and go into accounting. But I'm not good with systems. I dropped out in my final year of college to become a Christian poet. Then went back to do my A-levels and went to uni in Birmingham to do political science and theology. I lasted 12 weeks.

Michaela Coel

GoodScienceFinanceParentsCollege

If Hamas were destroyed and gone, we would probably end up with something much worse. The region would end up with something much worse.

Michael T. Flynn

EndUpGoneSomethingDestroyed

I'd never imagined I'd become the ambassador of housewives.

Mona Singh

BecomeNeverAmbassadorHousewives

In the digital age, we filter forward instead of filtering out. As a result, all that material is still available to us and to others to filter in their own ways, and to bring forward in other contexts.

David Weinberger

AgeForwardResultOthersDigital

The 'Black Panther' series was never really about the Black Panther at all. The State Department guy, Everett K. Ross, was the series protagonist, so politics was simply a logical part of the character's tool set.

Christopher Priest

CharacterPoliticsBlackNeverTool

If you love Russia, you have to love Godunov.

Condoleezza Rice

LoveYouRussiaTo Love

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