Truman Capote

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

"Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go."

"Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends."

"A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet."

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

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