I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
JOSEPH HELLERWhat do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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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.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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.
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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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