Too Brief a Treat Quotes

“One cannot be taught to write. One can only learn to write by writing—and reading. Reading good books written by real artists—until you understand why they are good.”
― Truman Capote, Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote

“I’m glad you are feeling more deeply drawn into your book; as for your not being sure now what it is about, does anyone ever know completely what they are writing about—if they are any good?”
― Truman Capote, Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote

“I should say a student does well to remain one as long as he can. It seems to me very doubtful that formal education could ever harm a potential artist—of course, it won’t make him one either.”
― Truman Capote, Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote

“To be an artist today is such an act of faith: nothing can come back from it except the satisfaction of the art itself.”
― Truman Capote, Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote