During the Vietnam War, which lasted longer than any war we've ever been in - and which we lost - every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high.
Kurt VonnegutI was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.
Kurt VonnegutIt posed the question posed by all such stone piles.: how had puny men moved stones so big? And, like all such stone piles, it answered the question itself. Dumb terror had moved those stones so big
Kurt VonnegutMy special situation was that I was the son and grandson of architects. And so I saw building. We were building the city, and that was exciting.
Kurt VonnegutLaughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
Kurt Vonnegut