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
people insane looks
All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.
men dumb humanity
It posed the question posed by all such stone piles.: how had puny men moved stones so big? And, like all such stone piles, it answered the question itself. Dumb terror had moved those stones so big
might suspects universe
One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the Universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.
hate machines wonder
Some persons seem to like you, and others seem to hate you, and you must wonder why. They are simply liking machines and hating machines.
girl race people
Trout's leading robot looked like a human being, and could talk and dance and so on, and go out with girls. And nobody held it against him that he dropped jellied gasoline on people. But they found his halitosis unforgivable. But then he cleared that up, and he was welcomed to the human race.
years stories ordinary
If a person survives an ordinary span of sixty years or more, there is every chance that his or her life as a shapely story has ended and all that remains to be experienced is epilogue. Life is not over, but the story is.
hate if-there-is-a-god people
if there is a god, he sure hates people
writing drug salesman
I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer.
liars lying eye
A lover's a liar, To himself he lies, The truthful are loveless, Like oysters their eyes!
letting-go memorable past
Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that comes to those who cannot let go of the past
fall white laughing
If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical joke? All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again.
art writing order
People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write.
life home men
A man without a home can't be lost.
memorable player government
Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales.