Why I love Truman Capote

[MonkeyFunk]

he was a little shit. A nasty little gossip. But he had one quote that I adhere to:


"The only unforgiveable sin is deliberate cruelty."


I agree with that.

[Zuiderelle]

1. Words to live by for sure.

:thumbsup:

[Richardo]

2. You say those first two things like there's something wrong with them...

;-)

We should have a Capote-Wilde quote off - I'm sure we could find lotsa pith. :D

[Gormy Cuss]

3. He was a nasty little man, but he had a way with words. Some other quotes:

Great fury, like great whiskey, requires long fermentation.

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

The better the actor the more stupid he is.

The good thing about masturbation is that you don't have to dress up for it.

[REP]

4. "That's Not Writing; That's Typing"

[MonkeyFunk]

5. He said that

of Norman Mailer, no?

I could be mistaken.

[REP]

6. Kerouac

[terrya]

7. Those are important words to live by.

I would say that if one wanted to be a responsible member of this society, you MUST live by those words.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. I couldn't agree more

Cruelty is sometimes unavoidable. But deliberate cruelty is just unforgiveable.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. that is true.

[mitchum]

10. Actually, Tennessee Williams said that through the character of...

Blanche DuBois.
Seriously.

[MonkeyFunk]

11. I don't doubt that...

Capote was a notorious thief.

He also was a "fling" of Tennessee Williams'.

[Lil Missy]

12. I think he was a riot! My favorite quote of his:

When he was visiting the murderer depicted in "In Cold Blood", he was heckled by other prisoners, suggesting something lewd and making fun of his being gay, he said:

"I don't snack"

:rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

13. He was a gem,

wasn't he?

[Lil Missy]

15. He was kind of an asshole with gossip and burning sources, from my recollection

He was, no doubt, an excellent writer. Also a very sad character too, mostly because of his battles with alcohol.

I remember seeing a clip of him many years ago on the Dick Cavet Show, (probably showing my age here) and he was absolutely shitfaced drunk and plenty pitiful. Made me feel very sad for him, but I have always admired his talents, despite his bad self.

[edbermac]

14. Best Capote zinger.

I have it on a Best of Carson tape; he was on Johnny's show and told a story of when he was dining out and some tipsy woman came up to his table with a felt tip pen, opened her blouse and asked for an autograph. He obliged and then her equally tipsy male companion came up with the felt tip pen, dropped his pants and said "Sign this"

Capote looked at him and said something like "I don't think I can sign that, but maybe I could INITIAL it."

:rofl:

[Bunny]

16. Yes, deliberate cruelty is most disturbing, and deserves strong social sanctions.

Regarding Capote, he gossiped just a little too much about the ladies in the New York social register, and ended up getting quite deliberately snubbed by them, IIRC. For the rest of his life, too.

[Aristus]

17. I love Truman Capote for his writing. I tend to ignore his personal life.

The man gave us 'The Grass Harp, 'Breakfast At Tiffany's', And 'A Christmas Memory.'

Absolutely astonishing writing.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Me too...

I'm reading "The Grass Harp" now....

[MonkeyFunk]

19. ah

probably my all-time favorite little book.

Did you ever see the movie made of it with Walter Matthau, Nell Carter, Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, and Mary Steenburgen?