I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s.
Truman CapoteRead
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the emotional pain and sense of loss that can accompany the completion of a creative work.
Truman Capote expresses a profound sentiment regarding the process of finishing a book, suggesting that it is akin to the heartbreaking act of taking a cherished child and ending their life. This analogy reveals the deep emotional investment and attachment that authors feel toward their creations, likening the act of completion to a form of tragic loss, as the writer must let go of their work, leaving behind a part of themselves.
Themes
FinishingBookLossCreationAttachment
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech at a literary event, one could quote Capote to discuss the emotional impact of writing.
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.
Truman CapoteRead
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.
Truman CapoteRead
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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