From the same Vonnegut interview:

You know, I taught writing for a while and whenever somebody would tell me they were going to write about their dad, I would tell them they might as well go write about killing puppies because neither story was going to work.

Q: So is this really the final book? Timequake was supposed to be your farewell, and then Dr. Kevorkian came along.

Vonnegut: I don't fucking know. I keep thinking I'll die. Why do you think I smoke so much?

Q: How many packs are you up to a day?

Vonnegut: Never mind. It's none of your fucking business. Fuck off — you know what I'm saying?

Penn Jillette on Fahrenheit 911:

I didn't learn anything from it other than Shaggy was a Marine, but I love that that movie exists.

From Arthur:
Not all of us who drink are poets. Some of us drink because we're not poets.

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."
- William Shakespeare, King Richard II, Act V, Scene V

What precisely are the most important things that must be understood and kept in mind at a tea gathering?'
Sen Rikyu answered: 'Make a delicious bowl of tea; lay the charcoal so that it heats the water; arrange the
flowers as they are in the field; in summer suggest coolness; in winter, warmth; do everything ahead of time;
prepare for rain; and give those with whom you find yourself every consideration.'

The disciple, somewhat dissatisfied with this answer because he could not find anything in it of such great
importance that it should be deemed a secret of the practice, said, 'That much I already know....'
Rikyu replied, 'Then if you can host a tea gather ing without deviating from any of the rules I have just stated, I
will become your disciple