Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.
Truman CapoteAll writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.
Truman CapoteHalf the people who snuff people, that's what they want: recognition. Get their picture in the paper.
Truman CapoteLively, too. Talky as a jaybird. With something smart to say on every subject: better than the radio.
Truman CapoteEver since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I talk. And they're always wrong.
Truman CapoteBut, my dear, so few things are fulfilled: what are most lives but a series of incompleted episodes? 'We work in the dark, we do what we can, we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task...' It is wanting to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something.
Truman Capote