He was never without misery, and never without hope.
JOSEPH HELLEREvery writer I know has trouble writing.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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When 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.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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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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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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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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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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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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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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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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