In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
JOSEPH HELLERIn the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
JOSEPH HELLERI think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
JOSEPH HELLERYou’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
JOSEPH HELLERI want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLERFrankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLERI’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
JOSEPH HELLERThe 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.
JOSEPH HELLERBe glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
JOSEPH HELLERMen went mad and were rewarded with medals.
JOSEPH HELLERThere is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
JOSEPH HELLERWhat do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
JOSEPH HELLERRemember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
JOSEPH HELLERI don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was never without misery, and never without hope.
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 HELLERDeath to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
JOSEPH HELLER