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

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Topics: Writers Quotes

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in...

There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in...

That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate...

Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate...

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about...

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about...

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I...

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I...

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's...

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's...

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.

Laughter brings you to reality as it is.

Laughter brings you to reality as it is.

There is nothing worse than when someone's obnoxious laughter ruins a good movie.

There is nothing worse than when someone's obnoxious laughter ruins a good movie.

A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet...

A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet...

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.