Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet?
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. The best idea in that apple, though, is making jazz.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.I said I wasn't interested, and she was bright enough to say that she wasn't really interested either. As things turned out, we both overestimated our apathies, but not that much.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Tag: writing literary-criticism bad-reviews critics reviewers
The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Tag: writer-s-life
If what Jesus said was good, what can it matter whether he was God or not?
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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