Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
JOSEPH HELLER
All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
-
Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
JOSEPH HELLER -
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
JOSEPH HELLER -
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
JOSEPH HELLER -
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
JOSEPH HELLER -
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
JOSEPH HELLER -
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
JOSEPH HELLER -
All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
JOSEPH HELLER -
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
JOSEPH HELLER -
You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
JOSEPH HELLER -
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
JOSEPH HELLER -
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
JOSEPH HELLER -
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
JOSEPH HELLER -
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
JOSEPH HELLER -
Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
JOSEPH HELLER -
I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
JOSEPH HELLER -
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
JOSEPH HELLER