All great works of literature either dissolve a genre or invent one.

She had students read their compositions aloud so that everyone could hear how good writing had three Cs: clarity, coherence, and cadence.

You took her as she was. She wasn’t trying to impress anyone,” said Claude Nunnelly.

People who have made peace with themselves are the people I most admire in the world.

Engaging and well paced, the book fills in the reality behind Vonnegut’s work.

I think part of your success lies in the shock of recognition- or as the Japanese might say, ‘the unexpected recognition of the faithful “suchness” of very ordinary things’.

The Kansas state motto, “Ad astra per aspera” – To the stars through difficulties.

The first article carrying Vonnegut's byline, 'This Business of Whistle Purchasing,' a lighthearted criticism of a school fund-raiser, was submitted at the urging of his sophomore English teacher.

If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms.

In the late 1990s, I left the teaching field to write biographies and histories for young adults.