It is always pitiful when any human being falls into a condition hardly more respectable than that of an animal. How much more pitiful it is when the person who falls has had all the advantages!
Kurt VonnegutThe only way to get anything out of a writer's brains is to leave him or her alone until he or she is damn well ready to write it down.
Kurt VonnegutBecause we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs. So people pretend there is drama where there is none.
Kurt VonnegutNew knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
Kurt Vonnegut