I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s.
Truman CapoteRead
What I do requires fantastic concentration... but you can't be totally alone, or you lose all contact with reality, so even when I'm engrossed and secluded, Jack Dunphy can be there. He's my oldest and best friend, and best critic too.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True concentration in one's work can coexist with the importance of maintaining connections with friends.
In this quote, Truman Capote emphasizes the balance between deep focus on one's work and the necessity of social interaction. He highlights how having a close friend, who also serves as a critic, helps keep him grounded in reality while pursuing his creative endeavors, suggesting that companionship is essential for both personal and professional success.
Themes
FriendshipConcentrationWorkRealitySupport
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about creativity at a writers' conference, I might say, 'As Truman Capote said, the best work thrives on friendship.'
More from Truman Capote
All quotes →All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.
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No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.
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Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.
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I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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