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 HELLERIn the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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