They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
JOSEPH HELLERThey agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
JOSEPH HELLERI don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
JOSEPH HELLERYou’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
JOSEPH HELLERThe villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
JOSEPH HELLERThe question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
JOSEPH HELLERSomething 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.
JOSEPH HELLERI’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
JOSEPH HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
JOSEPH HELLERI don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
JOSEPH HELLERRise above principal and do what’s right.
JOSEPH HELLERAnything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
JOSEPH HELLERNever quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
JOSEPH HELLERI want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was never without misery, and never without hope.
JOSEPH HELLER