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Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

'The most damning revelation you can make about yourself is that you do not know what is interesting and what is not.'

'We have such a young culture that there is an opportunity to contribute wonderful new myths to it, which will be accepted.'

'I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.'

The most damning revelation you can make about yourself is that you do not know what is interesting and what is not.

'Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.'

'Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.'

'My relatives say that they are glad I'm rich, but that they simply cannot read me.'

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