Jonathan Heatt > Quotes

“America: Land of the free and home of the gun.
We are not brave, we are cowards, or we would have done something, anything after Newtown. Instead we did Nothing.”
― Jonathan Heatt, Teaching Snapping Turtles How To Chew Bubblegum

“The only time I'll quit is when my pulse does.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Getting wasted is never a waste of time.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“The best thing about Art is that the people who create it live forever.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Guns give Evil a means to expression.”
― Jonathan Heatt, Teaching Snapping Turtles How To Chew Bubblegum

“Teachers are the most important component of a free society. And one of the most embattled. They are treated like the grease in a machinery grinding to nowhere instead of enlightened beacons of knowledge. Teachers are unappreciated, underpaid, and constantly criticized.”
― Jonathan Heatt, Teaching Las Vegas

“Writing is a temporal form of creating forever.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“When you write a book there are no more pretenses or facades to hide behind. It is very liberating to proclaim "this is who I am.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“The score is in your subconscious. Sit down long enough at a keyboard and it will come out.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Life can be tough and harsh at times. That's what makes it great. Every day is a celebration of survival.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Popularity is wasted on the popular.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“I keep a pair of brass knuckles on my desk to remind myself how to write.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Racial superiority isn't real. It is delusional fiction created by ignorant people.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Be the person you are, not the one others try to create.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Las Vegas and the American Dream: two ideas intertwined like crossed fingers on a bloated corpse.”
― Jonathan Heatt, Teaching Snapping Turtles How To Chew Bubblegum

“I had too much fun was no one's last regret ever.”
― Jonathan Heatt, Teaching Snapping Turtles How To Chew Bubblegum

“Living life without humor is like eating food without taste buds.”
― Jonathan Heatt, Teaching Snapping Turtles How To Chew Bubblegum

“The worse life treats you, the more noble a cause it is to remain a kind person.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Grammar perfect books are for Ivy Leaguers in Ivory Towers. My book is a sandcastle built on the beach of usefullness.”
― Jonathan Heatt, Teaching Snapping Turtles How To Chew Bubblegum

“Some people take pretty pictures of nothing.
I'd rather record grime that means something.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Listening to Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker while reading your own book, sipping a beer after midnight, is a satisfying feeling...however fleeting.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“i Create. I don't "Need".
Meaning: I don't need advice or criticism.
Unless you're offering money, weed, or whiskey save it. Thanks.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“When a man is no longer scared to die he is free to live.”
― Jonathan Heatt, AnonMan

“The human psyche is a finicky psycho.”
― Jonathan Heatt, AnonMan

“Frustration is a natural byproduct of passion, yet the uninitiated mistake candor for weakness.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“I keep a pair of brass knuckles on my desk to remind me how to write.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“The mainstream media in America has become an insidious device of ignorance.
They not only shape the story, but now participate. For what?”
― Jonathan Heatt

“Even creating shit is hard to do. First, you need money to buy food. Then you have to chew it, eat it, and swallow. A complex process called digestion follows. Finally, you have to strain and excrete your foul smelling wonder into the world. Try doing that with a paint brush!”
― Jonathan Heatt

“The thing I've learned writing my book is that everyone has the potential to be a poet, and all of our lives are epic.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“CCSD constantly recruits out-of-state teachers because the district doesn’t deliver on salary promises, which contributes to abysmal retention rates.”
― Jonathan Heatt, Teaching Las Vegas