"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." -- Gerald Clarke
Gerald Clarke is the author of Capote, the much-acclaimed, bestselling biography of Truman Capote, and The Life of Judy Garland. He has also written for many magazines, including Esquire, Architectural Digest, and Time, where for many years he was a senior writer. A native of Los Angeles and a graduate of Yale, he now lives in Bridgehampton, in eastern Long Island, New York.
"Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.""Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.""His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.""In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels."