Kurt Vonnegut — "Paranoia is just total awareness."

"I've always been an optimist, even when things were bad."

"There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of …"

"I'm a sore loser. I think everybody should be. I think we should all be terrible losers and get mad and demand a recount."

"And I say, 'If you're going to be a writer, for God's sake, write.'"

"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different."