Mark Twain was so good with crowds that he became, in competition with singers and dancers and actors and acrobats, one of the most popular performers of his time. It is so unusual, and so psychologically unlikely, too, for a great writer to be a great performer, too.
Kurt VonnegutShe hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.
Kurt VonnegutWe were all gun nuts and they were called varmints, crows were, because they ate grain and so did we.
Kurt VonnegutI can see where influential people would like Maharishi better than Jesus. My God, if the Beatles and Mia Farrow went to Jesus, He'd tell them to give all their money away.
Kurt Vonnegut