Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.was an American author. In a career spanning over 50 years, Vonnegut published fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of non-fiction. He is most famous for his darkly satirical, best-selling novel Slaughterhouse-Five...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth11 November 1922
CountryUnited States of America
would-be want used
The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody.
forever slaughterhouse-five gone
It is just an illusion here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone, it is gone forever.
music religious government
No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.
To be is to do - Socrates To do is to be - Sartre Do Be Do Be Do - Sinatra
tired writing people
Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.
breakfast-of-champions reason exhausting
You are pooped and demoralised,” read Dwayne. “Why wouldn’t you be? Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable.
atheist thinking people
People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.
thinking turkeys environmental
Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.
character people might
A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.
book slaughterhouse-five suspense
There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time.
writing thinking feelings
I'm simply interested in what is going to happen next. I don't think I can control my life or my writing. Every other writer I know feels he is steering himself, and I don't have that feeling. I don't have that sort of control. I'm simply becoming. I'm startled that I became a writer.
love life people
There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.
literature relief realizing
Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?
insane sane persons
A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.