Noun
United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922)
Source: WordNetAs Kurt Vonnegut pointed out in his first novel, Player Piano, some people love problem-solving and tinkering-and that is the final, irreducible driver of human history. Wars and faiths and leaders come and go, but the problem-solvers' slow, steady work is the fulcrum upon which history turns. Gregory Benford
It was an example of the terrible innocence of men who are superb in their own fields. Einstein had some grotesque political opinions. Jack Parr knew how we should get rid of the Berlin Wall. Kurt Vonnegut keeps losing airplane tickets. John D. MacDonald
I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that's good enough. Etgar Keret
Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Justin Halpern
It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose. Haruki Murakami
I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut. Louis Sachar