Michael Gerritzen

“The secret ingredient in my books is, there has never been a villain.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., If This Isn't Nice What Is? (Much) Expanded Second Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By

“My politics in a nutshell: let’s stop giving corporations and newfangled contraptions what they need, and get back to giving human beings what we need.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

“Jesus of Nazareth told us to say these twelve words when we prayed: 'Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.'
... And for those words alone, he deserves to be called ;the Prince of Peace.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

“[...] grew up here, in what show business people, which now includes our best-known politicians and so-called journalists, often call 'flyover country.' We are somewhere between television cameras in Washington DC, and New York, and Los Angeles. Please join me in saying to the undersides of their airplanes, 'Go to hell.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young