When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a cra... - Kurt Vonnegut

"Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer."

"Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber."

"If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind."

"The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake."

"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind."