Quote #226

I have long felt that 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 or a banana split.

More from Kurt Vonnegut

  1. We've sure come a long way since then. Sometimes I wish we hadn't. I hate H-bombs and the Jerry Springer show.
  2. When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
  3. It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show.
  4. It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.
  5. Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals.
  6. If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.
  7. Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes.
  8. The two prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.

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