timing
Entrevista com Kurt Vonnegut na McSweeney’s:
Q: But at least a couple times, I’ve been moved to tears by your books. The passage in Timequake when you discuss the last conversation you had with your first wife is devastating.
Vonnegut: Yeah. [Long pause] I got that right, didn’t I?
Q: Perhaps hiding those moments between all of the jokes gives them particular impact.
Vonnegut: Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful. By the way, do you know the secret of telling a joke well?
Q: [Tries to answer, but he beats me to it]
Vonnegut: TIMING! [Laughs]
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- literatura | Time: 3:03 am (UTC+8)
