I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours. Kurt Vonnegut planetpoorwreck Change image and share on social
To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon. Kurt Vonnegut afternoonconcernlate Change image and share on social
I'm convinced that no one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins. Kurt Vonnegut amountartconvince Change image and share on social
I get up at 7:30 and work four hours a day. Nine to twelve in the morning, five to six in the evening. Businessmen would achieve better results if they studied human metabolism. No one works well eight hours a day. No one ought to work more than four hours. Kurt Vonnegut achievebusinessmanday share on social
I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest. Kurt Vonnegut bookclosefollow Change image and share on social
It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment. Kurt Vonnegut absolutelyallowfear Change image and share on social
I was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment following some bewildering experiences as an infantryman and later as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany. The science of the Study of Man has been extremely satisfactory from that personal standpoint. Kurt Vonnegut anthropologybewilderdresden share on social
There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia. Kurt Vonnegut angelevilgood share on social
That is how you get to be a writer, incidentally: you feel somehow marginal, somehow slightly off-balance all the time. Kurt Vonnegut balancefeelincidentally Change image and share on social
I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's been very little gratitude for this. Kurt Vonnegut bringchemistrydepartment Change image and share on social