Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Quotes

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

When things are going really well, we should take time to notice it.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but the world's champions.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

He was a black hole to anyone who might imagine that he or she was a friend of his.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away even if it's only a glass of water.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The 2 prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.As the tag line of my favorite dirty joke would have it: Keep your hat on. We could wind up miles from here.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

My God, what have they done to you? This isn't a man, it's a broken kite.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-God damn it, you've got to be kind.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

‎The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.

~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr.