Joseph Heller and Enough (2024)

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Vonnegut turned to Heller and asked, “How does it make you feel that our host only yesterday may have made more money than your novel, Catch-22, earned in its entire history?” Heller replied, “Yeah, but I have something he doesn't have. I have enough.”

Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them.

Heller later remembered the war as "fun in the beginning ... You got the feeling that there was something glorious about it." On his return home he "felt like a hero ...

You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.

The quote “Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you” is often attributed to American author and humorist Joseph Heller. This quote does not necessarily suggest that everyone who claims to be followed or spied on is actually being targeted.

The centerpiece is Vonnegut's Joe Heller poem, one of the last things he published before he died. His message that reminding ourselves how much we have (rather than how much we want), that so many of us “have enough,” is timeless and especially fitting for the day.

Catch-22, satirical novel by American writer Joseph Heller, published in 1961.

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”

The term was coined by Joseph Heller, who used it in his 1961 novel Catch-22. Catch-22s often result from rules, regulations, or procedures that an individual is subject to, but has no control over, because to fight the rule is to accept it.

What is the paradox in the Catch-22? ›

The Paradox Explained: At its core, a Catch-22 is a no-win situation where the solution to a problem is rendered impossible by the very conditions of the problem. In Heller's novel, the term is used to describe the predicament of pilots who wish to be declared insane to avoid combat missions.

The book is famously confusing with opaque language, an extremely non-linear plot, and story elements that alternate between highly grounded, bizarre, and horrific with great speed. Despite this, Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, said that Catch-22 was the only war novel she ever read that made sense.

Many characters in Catch-22 undergo moral crises, wherein they must decide between self-interest (a concern for their own safety and wellbeing) or altruism (a concern for the wellbeing of others).

“Catch-22,” the book, proved to be a much bigger influence on “MASH” than on its own film adaptation. The producers of the miniseries made a number of deliberate choices that carried the series far from the book, for unclear purpose.

“I have no enemies but for the truth's sake. I have no desire but to do all men good. I feel to pray for all men. We don't ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more.

One of Campbell's most famous pieces of advice is to “follow your bliss,” a call to pursue what brings us the greatest joy and satisfaction. He believed bliss was a doorway to life's hidden mysteries and treasures. “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. “

Joseph Pulitzer Quotes

''Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together. An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.