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
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
I try to keep deep love out of my stories because, once that particular subject comes up, it is almost impossible to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Anyway -- because we are readers, we don't have to wait for some communications executive to decide what we should think about… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
A story has to be a good date, because the reader can stop at any time. Remember, readers are selfish and have… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them in order that the… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut.… — 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
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