Truman Capote Quotes

1924–1984 United States

Truman Garcia Capote (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984), born Truman Streckfus Persons, was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor.

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Also known as: Capote, Truman, Answered Prayers, In Cold Blood, Local Color, Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel)

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In the disposition of capital cases in the United States, the median elapsed time between sentence and execution is approximately seventeen months. [...] However, even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system of appeals that pervades American jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic wheel of fortune [...].

In Cold Blood (1965)

“There is considerable hypocrisy in conventionalism. Any thinking person is aware of this paradox; but in dealing with conventional people it is advantageous to treat them as though they were not hypocrites. It isn't a question of faithfulness to your own concepts; it is a matter of compromise so that you can remain an individual without the constant threat of conventional pressures.”

In Cold Blood (1965)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Truman Capote (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.