Capote

Truman Capote: I had lunch with Jimmy Baldwin the other day. Party Date: How is he? Truman Capote: He's lovely, he's a lovely man. And he told me the plot of his new book. And he said, "I just wanted to make sure it's not one of those problem novels," you know. And I said , "Jimmy. Your book is about a Negro homosexual who's in love with a Jew. Wouldn't you call that a problem?" [everyone laughs]

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Truman Capote: I was writing the script as they were filming - all that time in Italy - and I'd work like mad all day long and then dash down to the bar around midnight to hand in the next day's scenes. And Humphrey had just about moved into the hotel bar. Marie Dewey: [to Alvin] Humphrey Bogart. Truman Capote: Where he and John... Marie Dewey: [to Alvin] John Huston. Truman Capote: Had - eh - they drank every night. And I mean drank, you know, like famished water buffaloes.

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