Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
– Kurt Vonnegut
Tag: Kurt Vonnegut
Quotable 120
Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.
– Kurt Vonnegut
Pen to Paper: Potpourri
I know this looks awfully lazy, but there have been a number of interesting things I’ve found in the past couple of weeks that I want to share with you. Thus, a links post. Enjoy.
* The five most stolen books.
* Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary turns 100.
* The New York Times’s Bill Keller says, “Let’s Ban Books, Or at Least Stop Writing Them.”
* Kurt Vonnegut explains drama. I’m guessing he was qualified to do so.
* Everything you need to know about undressing a Victorian woman.
* Interview with Ira Glass. He talks about his career, creativity, and being wrong.
* Steve Pavlina tells us how to make brown rice. It has nothing to do with writing, but it’s foolproof (so sworn because it works for me). As for what he does once the rice is cooked, I have no comment.
Quotable 35
Simplicity of language is not only reputable, but perhaps even sacred. The Bible opens with a sentence well within the writing skills of a lively fourteen-year-old: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
– Kurt Vonnegut
Quotable 31
Listen. All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being: Moby Dick, Huckleberry Finn, The Red Badge of Courage, the Iliad and the Odyssey, Crime and Punishment, the Bible and The Charge of the Light Brigade.
– Kurt Vonnegut