And what is literature, Rabo," he said, "but an insider's newsletter about affairs relating to molecules, of no importance to anything in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jokes. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You say what you have to say. But you have to learn to say it in such a way that the reader… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I just can't help thinking what a real shake up it would give people if, all of a sudden, there were no… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“He spent two years in the extermination camp at Auschwitz. According to his own reluctant account, he came this close to going… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Eliza—” I said, “so many of the books I’ve read to you said love was the most important thing of all. Maybe… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Reading a novel, War and Peace for example, is no Catnap. Because a novel is so long, reading one is like being… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is a big temptation to me, when I create a character for a novel, to say that he is what he… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Over the years, people I've met have often asked me what I'm working on, and I've usually replied that the main thing… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You know what I say to people when I hear they're writing anti-war books? I say 'Why don't you write an anti-glacier… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I've finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun. This one is a failure, and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You know what I say to people when I hear they’re writing anti-war books?” “No. What do you say, Harrison Starr?” “I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
How important my books are or anybody's books are, I don't know. I don't think they are terribly important I think that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“There are no dirty words in this book, except for 'hell' and 'God', in case someone is fearing that an innocent child… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And the peanut butter-eaters on Earth were preparing to conquer the shazzbutter-eaters on the planet in the book by Kilgore Trout. By… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And I realize now that the two main themes of my novels were stated by my siblings: 'Here I am, cleaning shit… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You must bloom as a writer and I must bloom as a painter. Everything else about us is uninteresting.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Have a good nap, did you?” said the porter. “Yes,” said Billy. “Man,” said the porter, “you sure had a hard-on.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I told him that if we doubted that we are demons in Hell, he should read The Mysterious Stranger, which Mark Twain wrote in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson High School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I had a certain amount of skill as a dramatist, and Dr. Goebbels wanted me to use it” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The town was Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Earth, Solar System, Milky Way.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Her face was one of a kind, a surprising variation that made observers think, Yes--that would be another very nice way for people to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You finally fell in love, I see,” said Salo. “Only an Earthling year ago,” said Constant. “It took us that long to realize that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Like all Earthlings at the point of death, Mary Young sent faint reminders of herself to those who had known her. She released a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And contrast Mary Kathleen, if you will, with my wife Ruth, the Ophelia of the death camps, who believed that even the most intelligent… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
