Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.
Truman CapoteTalent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor.
Truman CapoteWith one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine.
Truman CapoteI want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s.
Truman CapoteOne day, I started writing, not knowing that I had chained myself for life to a noble but merciless master. When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended solely for self-flagellation... I'm here alone in my dark madness, all by myself with my deck of cards - and, of course, the whip God gave me.
Truman Capote