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

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war...

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

Poverty and War have no excuse.

Poverty and War have no excuse.

Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before I dreamed...

Last night I had the strangest dream ~~ I ever dreamed before ~~ I dreamed...

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Now if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for...

Now if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for...

Little figures on a little screen showed newsreel footage, talked about the war with maps...

Little figures on a little screen showed newsreel footage, talked about the war with maps...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of...

I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of...