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
simple naked understood
Jokes have to be quite naked to be understood. They have to be quite simple.
students geography knows
George W. Bush has gathered around him upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography.
moving years curiosity
It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love. It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him. What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that had flickered out.
crazy opportunity spy
Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.
mean way reader
You say what you have to say. But you have to learn to say it in such a way that the reader can see what you mean.
america culture jazz
What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of this planet so far? Many would say jazz. I, who love jazz, will say this instead: Alcoholics Anonymous.
reader
You've got to be a good date for the reader.
simple soul proud
Beware of "grandfalloons" and "foma". A "grandfalloon" is a proud and meaningless association of human beings. "Foma" are harmless truths intended to comfort simple souls.
simple soul proud
Beware of "grandfalloons" and "foma". A "grandfalloon" is a proud and meaningless association of human beings. "Foma" are harmless truths intended to comfort simple souls.
music proof needed
The only proof he needed for the existance of God was music.
strong soul disease
Poverty is a relatively mild disease for even a very flimsy American soul, but uselessness will kill strong and weak souls alike, and kill every time.
may events explaining
Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided.
wife unhappy sense-of-humor
I had made her so unhappy that she had developed a sense of humor. [-Rabo Karabekian]
change rome built
Rome wasn't built in a day.