All Joseph Heller Quotes
- Every writer I know has trouble writing. Every Writer
- He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt. Attempt
- He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it. Enjoy
- He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. Effort
- I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long. All
- When I grow up I want to be a little boy. Boy
- But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence… All
- Insanity is contagious. Contagious
- That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed. Agreed
- The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. Country
- But how can one be warm alone? Alone
- mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow. Acceptable
- Rise above principal and do what's right. Inspirational
- It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead. Bit
- What is a country? A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries, usually unnatural. Englishmen are dying for England, Americans… All
- ...[A]nything worth dying for ... is certainly worth living for. Certainly Worth
- You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems… Act
- where are the snowdens of yesteryear? Inspirational
- Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of the one on Pianosa. It was a sturdy… Accomplishment
- Man was matter, that was Snowden's secret. Drop him out a window, and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and… All