When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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’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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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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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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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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