In those days great teachers at Shortridge [High School] were celebrities. I would look up to them.
Kurt Vonnegut- Why me? - That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? - Yes. - Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.
Kurt VonnegutIf I wrote something that hadn't really happened, and I tried to sell it, I could go to jail. That's fraud!
Kurt VonnegutThere were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors.
Kurt VonnegutThe worst thing about film, from my point of view, is that it cripples illusions which I have encouraged people to create in their heads. Film doesn't create illusion. It makes them impossible. It is a bullying form of reality, like the model rooms in the furniture department of Bloomingdale's.
Kurt Vonnegut