A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
Truman CapoteWith one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine.
Truman CapoteOf course people couldn't help but think I must be a bit of a dyke myself. And of course I am. Everyone is: a bit. So what? That never discouraged a man yet, in fact it seems to goad them on.
Truman CapoteYou don't understand. You've never hated anybody. No, I never have. We're allotted just so much time on earth, and I wouldn't want the Lord to see me wasting mine in any such manner.
Truman Capote