Truman Quotes

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

We had been frightened of atomic weapons since 1945. In those days I became convinced - and remain convinced now - that, after Hitler, Truman was the greatest murderer in the world.

Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him.

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

Everyone is against Harry (Truman) except the people.

Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.

It's hard these days to have a conversation, at least it is for me, about [Truman]Capote without "Good Night, and Good Luck" coming up in the same conversation.

My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.