quotes about Truman
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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 -
I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.
-- Kiran Desai -
I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
-- Lord Mountbatten -
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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.
-- Martin NiemollerSource : "Martin Niemöller, 1892-1984" by James Bentley, (p. 213), 1984.
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[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.
-- Philip Seymour Hoffman -
Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him.
-- Rich Little -
Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
-- Stephen Ambrose -
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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.
-- Tavis Smiley -
Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.
-- Truman Capote -
Everyone is against Harry (Truman) except the people.
-- Clark Griffith