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

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Topics: Writers Quotes

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself,...

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself,...

The trick...is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious...

The trick...is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious...

People out there must be told about the self-loathing that follows rape and how it's...

People out there must be told about the self-loathing that follows rape and how it's...

There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets...

There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

When you loathe yourself, a true friend will respect your honesty. And if youve been...

When you loathe yourself, a true friend will respect your honesty. And if youve been...

He wished he could be anywhere else and anyone else but Here and Him.

He wished he could be anywhere else and anyone else but Here and Him.

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium...

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium...