I hope that my ideas attract a lively dialogue, even if my sentences are simple. Simple sentences have always served me well. And I don't use semicolons. It's hard to read anyway, especially for high school kids. Also, I avoid irony, too. I don't like people saying one thing and meaning the other.
Kurt VonnegutThere is this feeling that I have a destiny far away from the shallow and preposterous posing that is our life.
Kurt VonnegutWhy were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales.
Kurt VonnegutAll male writers, incidentally, no matter how broke or otherwise objectionable, have pretty wives. Somebody should look into this.
Kurt Vonnegut