Famous Truman Capote Quotes

  • But I’m not a saint yet. I’m an alcoholic. I’m a drug addict. I’m homosexual. I’m a genius. – Truman Capote

    But I’m not a saint yet. I’m an alcoholic. I’m a drug addict. I’m homosexual. I’m a genius.– Truman Capote

  • Duntz asked Smith, ‘Added up, how much money did you get from the Cutters?’ ‘Between forty and fifty dollars. – Truman Capote

    Duntz asked Smith, ‘Added up, how much money did you get from the Cutters?’ ‘Between forty and fifty dollars.– Truman Capote

  • Those fellows, they’re always crying over killers. Never a thought for the victims. – Truman Capote

    Those fellows, they’re always crying over killers. Never a thought for the victims.– Truman Capote

  • You can’t give your heart to a wild thing. – Truman Capote

    You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.– Truman Capote

  • The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird. – Truman Capote

    The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.– Truman Capote

  • The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His works means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning. – Truman Capote

    The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His works means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.– Truman Capote

  • Are the dead as lonesome as the living? – Truman Capote

    Are the dead as lonesome as the living?– Truman Capote

  • Fitzgerald has charm. It’s a silly word, but it’s an exact word for me. I like ‘The Great Gatsby’ and it’s sad, gay nostalgia. – Truman Capote

    Fitzgerald has charm. It’s a silly word, but it’s an exact word for me. I like ‘The Great Gatsby’ and it’s sad, gay nostalgia.– Truman Capote

  • If we know the past, and live the present, it is possible that we dream the future? – Truman Capote

    If we know the past, and live the present, it is possible that we dream the future?– Truman Capote

  • Strange where our passions carry us, floggingly pursue us, forcing upon us unwanted dreams, unwelcome destinies. – Truman Capote

    Strange where our passions carry us, floggingly pursue us, forcing upon us unwanted dreams, unwelcome destinies.– Truman Capote