Creative Quotations from Truman Capote (1924-1984) born on Sep 30 US novelist, short-story writer; He is best known for Breakfast at Tiffany‘s and.

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Creative Quotations from Truman Capote (1924-1984) born on Sep 30 US novelist, short-story writer; He is best known for Breakfast at Tiffany‘s and his journalistic approach with In Cold Blood.

Writing has laws… If you are born knowing them, fine Writing has laws… If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

in the scissors than I do in I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

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