I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.
Kurt Vonnegut. . . but the Universe is an awfully big place. There is room enough for an awful lot of people to be right about things and still not agree.
Kurt VonnegutIt's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all.
Kurt VonnegutHis mother understood my illness immediately, that it was my world rather than myself that was diseased.
Kurt Vonnegut