Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I hope that my ideas attract a lively dialogue, even if my sentences are simple. Simple sentences have always served me well.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Don't you think that's the main reason people find [writing] so difficult? If they can write complete sentences and can use a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I realize that some of you may have come in hopes of hearing tips on how to become a professional writer. I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
He was a graduate of West Point, which is military academy that turns young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much… — 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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