The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
JOSEPH HELLERThe enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
JOSEPH HELLERHe knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
JOSEPH HELLERAnything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
JOSEPH HELLERHistory was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
JOSEPH HELLERRise above principal and do what’s right.
JOSEPH HELLERI don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
JOSEPH HELLERWhile none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
JOSEPH HELLERMankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
JOSEPH HELLERFrankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLEREvery writer I know has trouble writing.
JOSEPH HELLERMen went mad and were rewarded with medals.
JOSEPH HELLERPeace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
JOSEPH HELLERI don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
JOSEPH HELLERSome men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
JOSEPH HELLERThe country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
JOSEPH HELLER