All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
I've only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I've written all of them. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“She was never without a good book close by, not even when she was lying in bed with nothing on her” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.' — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
I've adjusted to this, that my books are not going to get unanimously good reviews. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Clevinger is a very bright guy, a Harvard man, who knows everything about literature except how to enjoy it.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
The idea of using actual clippings came about as a way of characterizing Gold. Gold uses clippings because he hates doing research… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Everyone in my book accuses everyone else of being crazy. Frankly, I think the whole society is nuts - and the question… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“I think most writers … write about episodes meaningful to them in terms of their own imaginations. Now that would include a… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
So many things were testing his faith. There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Stia totul despre literatura, in afara de modul in care se putea bucura de ea.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes. — Joseph Heller Copy Share
I’m cold,' Snowden said softly, 'I’m cold.' 'You’re going to be all right, kid,' Yossarian reassured him with a grin. 'You’re going to be… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“Captain Flume was obsessed with the idea that Chief White Halfoat would tiptoe up to his cot one night when he was sound asleep… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“Depreciating motels, junked automobiles, and quick-food joints grow like amber waves of grain.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“That was where he wanted to be if he had to be there at all, instead of hung out there in front like some… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service. — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“Yossarian was moved by such intense pity for his poverty that he wanted to smash his pale. sad, sickly face with his fist and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don't like bigots, bullies, snobs or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate." "Consciously, sir, consciously,"… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“His specialty was alfalfa, and he made a good thing out of not growing any. The government paid him well for every bushel of… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
“No such private nights of ecstasy or hushed-up drinking and sex orgies ever occurred. They might have occurred if either General Dreedle or General… — Joseph Heller Copy Share
