Every writer I know has trouble writing.
JOSEPH HELLERAnything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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But 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.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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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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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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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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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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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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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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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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