[I write] intuitively, reflexively, as if skiing down a steep mountain slope with no time to think.
Kurt VonnegutA lover's a liar, To himself he lies, The truthful are loveless, Like oysters their eyes!
Kurt VonnegutAnother flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
Kurt VonnegutAll these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States - and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!
Kurt VonnegutMy country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I 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 Vonnegut