Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Topics: Self Loathing Quotes

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, and dont put up with people that are...

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, and dont put up with people that are...

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with...

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with...

Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers

Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order...

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order...

Some jerk infected the Internet with an outright lie. It shows how easy it is...

Some jerk infected the Internet with an outright lie. It shows how easy it is...

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I...

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I...

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a...

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a...

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed

They have given me the imprimatur of a serious writer, which I knew I was...

They have given me the imprimatur of a serious writer, which I knew I was...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously...

From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control,...

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control,...

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

You call this a script? Give me a couple of 5,000-dollar-a-week writers and I'll write...

You call this a script? Give me a couple of 5,000-dollar-a-week writers and I'll write...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...