Quote by Truman Capote
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painti

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself. – Truman Capote

Other quotes by Truman Capote

Champagne does have one regular drawback: swilled as a regular thing a certain sourness settles in the tummy, and the result is permanent bad breath. Really incurable. – Truman Capote

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Drinking
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Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You cant have too many friends because then youre just not really friends. – Truman Capote

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Friendship
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To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what its about, but the inner music that words make. – Truman Capote

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Music
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This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway. – Bob Dylan

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Music is the soul of language. – Max Heindel

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Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence. – Robert Fripp

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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesnt exist without the performance-art element. – Lady Gaga

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Music

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A wise traveler never despises his own country. – William Hazlitt

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Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but Im one of those that feel our entertainment reflects our world, its not a driver – art imitates life. – Christopher Knight

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