#truman capote

Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure. ↗

— James Wolcott

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I am the heterosexual Truman Capote. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

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

— Rich Little

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

— Alvin Ailey

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Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

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