More quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

"1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them."
"Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer."
"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
"Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything."
"Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician."