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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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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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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Destiny 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.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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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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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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