09/30/2026
"Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act."
Truman Capote
Truman Capote was – September 30, 1924
Capote called himself: "Tall as a sh***un, and just as noisy. " Childhood and lifelong friends with writer Harper Lee, you probably think of him for his "non-fiction novel", IN COLD BLOOD (1965) or maybe his novella BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1958), or his "party of the century", a Black & White Ball, with its fabulous guest list that included Andy Warhol, Candice Bergen, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Frank Sinatra, and Gloria Vanderbilt.
Capote is so quotable: "The good thing about ma********on is that you don't have to dress up for it."
Capote grew up poor in Alabama and he was openly gay, facing judgment from New York society males and objectification by his swans. His humor made them laugh before they could judge him.
More Capote quotes:
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
"More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones."
"I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true."
"All literature is gossip."
"I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about."
"Disco is the best floor show in town. It's very democratic, boys with boys, girls with girls, girls with boys, blacks and whites, capitalists and Marxists, Chinese and everything else, all in one big mix."
"Everybody has to feel superior to somebody. But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege."
1953 portrait by David Seymour (1911–1956)
