Capote Quotes

Truman Capote: Perry, I know what 'exacerbate' means.
Perry Smith: Okay... well...
Truman Capote: There is not a word or a sentence or a concept that you can illuminate for me.

Movie: Capote
Nelle Harper Lee: You paid him to say that.
Truman Capote: How did you know?

Movie: Capote
Perry Smith: [of Hickok] He's naturally mendacious. Not to be trusted. If he had a hundred dollars he'd steal a stick of chewing gum.

Movie: Capote
Truman Capote: If I leave here without understanding you, the world will see you as a monster. Always. And I don't want that.

Movie: Capote
[last title cards]
Title card: _In Cold Blood_ made Truman Capote the most famous writer in America. He never finished another book.
Title card: The epigraph he chose for his last, unfinished work reads: More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
Title card: He died in 1984 of complications due to alcoholism.

Movie: Capote