He was never without misery, and never without hope.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was never without misery, and never without hope.
JOSEPH HELLERSome men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
JOSEPH HELLERBe glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
JOSEPH HELLERFrankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLERI don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
JOSEPH HELLERLet’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
JOSEPH HELLERWhile none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
JOSEPH HELLEREvery writer I know has trouble writing.
JOSEPH HELLERMankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
JOSEPH HELLERInsanity is contagious.
JOSEPH HELLERThe question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
JOSEPH HELLERHistory was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
JOSEPH HELLERThe country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
JOSEPH HELLERSuccess and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen 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.
JOSEPH HELLERThere was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
JOSEPH HELLER