No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.

Son,' my father said to me, 'someday this will all be yours.

Kurt Vonnegut speaking to John Irving while Irving was administering the Heimlich maneuver in response to Vonnegut's uncontrollable coughing..."John,stop- I am not choking. I have emphysema.

I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer." "What makes you think a writer isn't a drug salesman?

profanity and obscenity entitle people who don't want unpleasant information to close their ears and eyes to you.

She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies.

If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.