Clerihew of a Little God

TRUMAN CAPOTE

Truman Capote,
Sporting a dhoti,
Said, "I coulda been Vishnu
If I'da wished to!"

Clerihew for Big Little Critic

TRUMAN CAPOTE

Truman Capote
Read Don Quixote,
Said "I'm happy to lend it,
Though I can't recommend it."

Daily Dose

From James Agate: An Anthology, edited bu Herbert Van Thal

TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK

"To be perfectly frank, I haven't the slightest desire to read any novel later than Henry James, see any play later than Ibsen, hear a note of music after Richard Strauss, or look at a canvas after Renoir."

From Ego VII