All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
JOSEPH HELLERAll of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
JOSEPH HELLERAnything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
JOSEPH HELLERWell, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
JOSEPH HELLERI don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
JOSEPH HELLERYou 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.
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 HELLERHe was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
JOSEPH HELLERWhen people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
JOSEPH HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
JOSEPH HELLERRise above principal and do what’s right.
JOSEPH HELLERWhile none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
JOSEPH HELLERI think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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 HELLERI want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLERFrom men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen I grow up I want to be a little boy.
JOSEPH HELLER