News: Truman Capote

Why are writers and poets so afraid that something might jinx their work in progress that they say nothing about it to no one? Truman Capote’s many superstitions crippled him as a writer because he could never find the perfect conditions to write under. If you’re a writer is it perhaps time to ditch the superstitions and sit down and write?

In "Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.," Sam Wasson tells the story of how Truman Capote's rather bitter 1958 novella, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," was turned into a mawkish film. Stefan Kanfer reviews.

Writing songs is much like writing good short stories or a fine novel. As Truman Capote once said, it’s 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. When you want to make your living in music, you have to work at it. The same is true for song writing. Is That All There Is?.....

When “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was published in the late-’50s, people wanted Capote to cough up names. His whole life long, Truman was forced, privately and in the press, to account for Holly Golightly. Who was she really? “

Thursday night Brooklyn got a dose retro-country class courtesy of Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs.Although she shares a name with the Truman Capote character brought to life on the silver screen by Audrey Hepburn, Holly Golightly shares none of her fictional namesake’s aimless gold-digging ways. Instead, Golightly and her partner, Lawyer Dave

The sweet taste of success has soured for a cupcake baker that claims a rival is selling knockoffs of its trademarked "Breakfast at Tiffany's" cupcake. Mini's Cupcakes claims LuAnn's Cupcakes and Associated Food Stores copied its distinctive trade dress for the confection inspired by the Truman Capote novel.

The 11-bedroom Brooklyn mansion where Truman Capote wrote cult classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is for sale for a near record-breaking $18 million.

The Brooklyn town house where Truman Capote wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and other notable works is on sale for $18 million. Sotheby's International Realty agent Karen Heyman said Monday that the building is expected to break sales records as one of the most expensive townhouses in the borough.