Where were you born?" "On a battlefield," [Yossarian] answered. "No, no. In what state were you born?" "In a state of innocence.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

You know, that might be the answer - to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That's a trick that never seems to fail.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But how can one be warm alone?

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

No one is as murderously 'Islamophobic' as Islamists are.

The more you cry today, the more stronger and happier you'll be tomorrow.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die.

Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.

I think you have to have a personal connection, and that's what I am always looking to try to create: a personal way in to a story.

I'm scared of clowns.

Usually, something that is fairly expected is already factored in. I also think that you have to think that America is raising rates because the economy is getting stronger.