In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.
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They were convicted almost immediately in March of 1960, but the appeals lasted 5 years. And it was hard on them, as you can imagine, and hard on Truman.
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He said at the time that the book scraped him down to the marrow of his bones. It changed him.
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He probably gave the impression to other writers that he wrote copy rather than delivered it.
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He identified with Perry Smith, ... Perry Smith had a terrible childhood. Perry's was much worse than Truman's. Perry was really, really miserable. Truman's was just really miserable. But the loneliness--both of them shared this loneliness.
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Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
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