His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.

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Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.

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Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.

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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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I don't think Capote loved Smith. But he did make a deep connection. It upset some people, because that had never been the approach to journalistic crime writing, to look into the mind of the killer.

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