Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella) debt to Christopher Isherwood, one of his mentors, in creating the character of Holly Golightly: ""Breakfast at Tiffany's" is in many ways Capote's personal crystallization of Isherwood's Sally Bowles." Truman Capote's aunt, Marie Rudisill notes that Holly is a kindred spirit of Miss Lily Jane Bobbit, the central character of his short story "Children on Their Birthdays". She observes that both characters are "unattached, unconventional wanderers, dreamers in pursuit of some ideal of happiness." Capote himself acknowledged that Golightly was the favorite of his characters. The novella's prose style prompted Norman Mailer to call Capote "the most perfect writer of
Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella) Golightly is also depicted singing songs from "Oklahoma!" (in which McCracken appeared) accompanying herself on a guitar, and owning "The Baseball Guide", which was edited by McCracken's uncle. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was originally sold to "Harper's Bazaar" for $2,000 and intended for publication in its July 1958 issue. It was to be illustrated with a big series of photo montages by David Attie, who had been hired for the job by famed "Harper's" art director Alexey Brodovitch. However, after the publication was scheduled, longtime "Harper"s editor Carmel Snow was ousted by the magazine's publisher, the Hearst Corporation, and Hearst executives