Breakfast At Tiffany's Quotes

• Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?

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  Chuck Palahniuk

  Issues   Hollies   Identity  

  Interview with TashaR, www.avclub.com. November 13, 2002.

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• Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot". ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly

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  Truman Capote

  Character   Hollies   Tiffany's  

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• I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule, and someday I'll try to get around to it; but if it happens, I'd like to have my ego tagging along. I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany's.

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  Truman Capote

  Morning   Mean   Ego  

  Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.39, Vintage

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• I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s.

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  Truman Capote

  Morning   Wake Up   Breakfast  

  Truman Capote (2012). “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, p.39, Vintage

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• I knew damn well I would never be a movie star. It's too hard; and if you are intelligent, it's too embarrassing. My complexes aren't inferior enough: being a movie star and having a big fat ego are supposed to go hand-in-hand; actually, it's essential not to have any ego at all. I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule, and someday I'll try and get around to it; but if it happens, I'd like to have my ego, tagging along. I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany's.

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  Holly Golightly

  Morning   Stars   Mean  

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