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

Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring…. I thought of the future, and spoke of the past. – Truman Capote

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Autumn
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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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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. Thats why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. – Truman Capote

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good
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Other Quotes from
Music
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Its almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music. – John Mayer

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Music

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. – Albert Einstein

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Music

I dont like rap music at all. I dont think its music. Its just a beat and rapping. – Nina Simone

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Music

All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I dont subscribe to any of that. Its all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the 70s sounds nothing like the stuff from the 80s, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the 90s. Whos to say what is and isnt a certain type of music? – Neil Young

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Music

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Man does not live by coffee alone. Have a danish. – Author Unknown

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The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings. – Russell Baker

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communication

A fools brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. – George Bernard Shaw

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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Courage