I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
JOSEPH HELLERI’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
JOSEPH HELLERSome men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
JOSEPH HELLERIt doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
JOSEPH HELLERWell, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
JOSEPH HELLERHistory was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
JOSEPH HELLERDestiny 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.
JOSEPH HELLERThe villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
JOSEPH HELLERHe knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
JOSEPH HELLERRemember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
JOSEPH HELLERThere is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
JOSEPH HELLERRise above principal and do what’s right.
JOSEPH HELLERProstitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
JOSEPH HELLERShe was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
JOSEPH HELLERSomething 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 HELLERWhen people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
JOSEPH HELLERBut 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.
JOSEPH HELLER