Harry Truman wrote scathing letters, but he almost never sent them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.
I did not write any of the letters that were ever published as investment commentary.
I have never read a line of Walt Whitman.
Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.
With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his tracks in the war. When I got there, there was a certain satisfaction in finding I had it right - it does look like that.
I never set out to be a published writer.
Henry Kissinger never wanted the 20,000 pages of his telephone transcripts made public - not while he was alive, at any rate.
Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.