He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
JOSEPH HELLERJust because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Something 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.
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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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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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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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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Success 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.
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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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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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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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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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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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