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

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Topics: Writers Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she...

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can...

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can...

Can you imagine the Founding Fathers saying that the major source of authority in [your]...

Can you imagine the Founding Fathers saying that the major source of authority in [your]...

Many people have serious academic degrees but cannot find a job, and sadly their degrees...

Many people have serious academic degrees but cannot find a job, and sadly their degrees...

My job isn't to strike guys out, its to get them out, sometimes by striking...

My job isn't to strike guys out, its to get them out, sometimes by striking...

Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual.

Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if...

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if...

Good news. President Bush is creating thousands of new jobs. Unfortunately, all of them are...

Good news. President Bush is creating thousands of new jobs. Unfortunately, all of them are...

My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the...

My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the...

Politics is just show business for ugly people

Politics is just show business for ugly people

Al Gore has found a new job. He is going to teach journalism at Columbia...

Al Gore has found a new job. He is going to teach journalism at Columbia...

Jobs are physically easier, but the worker now takes home worries instead of an aching...

Jobs are physically easier, but the worker now takes home worries instead of an aching...