I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of his own endeavor and observations, and he cannot be denied the right to use it. Condemn, but not deny.

There’s got to be something wrong with us. To do what we did.

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.

I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.

[L]ove, having no geography, knows no boundaries.

Half the people who snuff people, that's what they want: recognition. Get their picture in the paper.

I suppose you think I'm very brazen. Or très fou. Or something.' Not at all.' She seemed disappointed. 'Yes, you do. Everybody does. I don't mind. It's useful.