Kurt Vonnegut interview (1999)

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  • @HowardWimshurst
    @HowardWimshurst 5 лет назад +237

    The fact that Kurt was able to sit there and not get annoyed with the stupid arrogant demeaning questions charlie threw at him is a testament to his good nature

    • @dannymuckleroy
      @dannymuckleroy 4 года назад +28

      Seemed good natured to me, I assume they had a conversation before this one to build a rapport. This is just how men talk with him half jokingly accosting him. "Oh what the big smart man can't write any more books?" What are you to old and retarded?" (im paraphrasing obviously) This is a friend being sarcastic trying to push him for a deeper answer. He obviously respects him enough to be familiar with him and I think Kurt enjoyed himself.

    • @mrshumancar
      @mrshumancar 4 года назад +2

      Oh hey Howard!

    • @paulcolbourne9112
      @paulcolbourne9112 3 года назад +10

      Charlie Rose knew what he was doing. He challenged people with bluntness, stating the obvious. No malice or ill intent. He's a good interviewer.

    • @KoenraadWeiss
      @KoenraadWeiss 3 года назад +2

      Well, he did act like a dick, once or twice...

    • @geoffreycarr6958
      @geoffreycarr6958 3 года назад

      One thing cancel culture got right

  • @geraldking4080
    @geraldking4080 5 лет назад +116

    "I learned that science fiction was a junk drawer, and that my work belonged in it." -Kurt Vonnegut

  • @seanz1115
    @seanz1115 5 лет назад +202

    Kilgore Trout is the greatest author of all time

    • @salsberry8287
      @salsberry8287 4 года назад +18

      he should be president of the United States

    • @ymerej33
      @ymerej33 4 года назад +14

      @@salsberry8287 He would wholeheartedly disagree with that. So it goes...

    • @fraudfrauddd
      @fraudfrauddd 3 года назад +2

      @@salsberry8287 a Nobel of Medicine sure

    • @Paraselene_Tao
      @Paraselene_Tao 3 года назад +16

      He was Somebody. He lived from Sometime to Sometime. He tried.

    • @DLRS1
      @DLRS1 2 года назад +3

      God bless you Mr. Rosewater

  • @charliebryer2802
    @charliebryer2802 4 года назад +109

    An oddly aggressive interview technique (more suited to attempting to pin down a politician I thought) but completely disarmed by Vonnegut with his calm, reasoned responses and superior intelligence. I particularly liked the light, quiet responses to the fact that the interviewer missed a few points because he wasn’t paying full attention to the answers. “ A good point, there.” “Yes well I’ve tried to make several” different class.

    • @armandoramos36
      @armandoramos36 2 года назад +1

      I agree with you that this was a very aggressive interview on charlie rose's behalf. But Kurt is ever the genius handling it.

    • @reidwhitton6248
      @reidwhitton6248 2 года назад +3

      Rose was a hack. But his show was popular so he had many great people on the show that he didn't deserve to be interviewing.

    • @armandoramos36
      @armandoramos36 2 года назад

      @@reidwhitton6248 Not to mention a sexual harasser.

    • @jungoogie
      @jungoogie 2 года назад

      Self-deprecation is good at shutting down aggressive interviewers.

    • @marysmith7322
      @marysmith7322 6 месяцев назад

      Yeah he's a disaster

  • @bubbercakes528
    @bubbercakes528 2 года назад +24

    Vonnegut was one of the first “real” authors I ever read. I was a huge comic book fan and he was a great writer to help me transition to the “big time.” Little did I realize how his little Sci-fi books would be some of the best books I ever read. My eighth grade teacher, Mr. Ellis, is gone now but I will always remember the great gift he bestowed upon me for introducing Mr. Vonnegut to me.

    • @amberlynn147
      @amberlynn147 Год назад

      He never really wrote a single piece of straight sci-fi. His most sci-fi book (other than TIMEQUAKE, a quasi-novel at best) was probably SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, and it falls much more naturally into the bucket of mainstream literary fiction than that of sci-fi (IMHO, anyway).

  • @kevgh3869
    @kevgh3869 8 лет назад +89

    "I was ashamed of them....no i wasn't. I was just careless ." that was funny.

  • @yohenson
    @yohenson 5 лет назад +66

    "the computer cheats people from the experience", the guy is a prophet.

    • @hankhicks8046
      @hankhicks8046 5 лет назад +13

      I like this one it's not on the video but talk about prophetic: "True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country"

    • @yohenson
      @yohenson 5 лет назад +2

      @@hankhicks8046 I guess each is terrorized by what they have less control of. addiction or being governed.

  • @sudhas3044
    @sudhas3044 2 года назад +9

    "i was just making my soul grow.". one of my fav writers.. love him!

  • @kzinful
    @kzinful 7 лет назад +103

    Kurt rolled with life, we tend to ignore that at any given moment all can be taken away from us- victim of a robbery, car accident, finances, a lover turned cold, etc
    And most of us are either too damn arrogant ( make that - stupid) to see this.
    Slaughterhouse Five illuminated that for me.
    Kurt survived the Dresden bombing, my father fought against the Nazis: now they wear polo shirts and khakis brandishing tiki torches from Home Depot: a more 'refined / modern ' form then simple pitch forks and axes, eh?
    Folks you just gotta laugh, it really is a divine comedy
    Anyway, I love this man and wished that he was my uncle who sat with me under that Apple tree and exclaimed: " now If this isn't a good moment then I don't really know.."
    And so it goes
    Thank you Kurt..peace

    • @Kube_Dog
      @Kube_Dog 5 лет назад +1

      I'd rather hear dogs barking than your shit.

    • @kevinskiles2033
      @kevinskiles2033 5 лет назад +3

      @@Kube_Dog
      I'd rather eat shit than listen to your trolling. Get a life.

    • @justinrowland5191
      @justinrowland5191 2 года назад

      agreed

    • @summercoat
      @summercoat 2 года назад +1

      "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is." 🙂

  • @arturkarpinski164
    @arturkarpinski164 4 года назад +17

    A man on another level of self awareness!!!

  • @86hj49gt
    @86hj49gt 2 года назад +137

    After all these years, Charlie Rose's work still holds up as a great example of what to avoid as an interviewer.

    • @feedermonkey7233
      @feedermonkey7233 2 года назад +3

      Best comment ✋👏👏👏

    • @doclime4792
      @doclime4792 Год назад

      He's such a phony. Makes me cringe. How someone like him got passed off as authentic, no wonder people would rather sit on their phones rather than listen to our televisions idea of "authentic." 🤣

    • @kieran6737
      @kieran6737 Год назад

      what a knob hey

    • @milesknightestrada3286
      @milesknightestrada3286 2 месяца назад +1

      I beg to differ. Name one interviewer who's had as many writers on, who's asked more incisive questions, who's remained so consistent, as he.

  • @pse11150
    @pse11150 Год назад +3

    Sirens of Titan was one of the first REAL twentieth century novels I ever read. And I was hooked at 16 years old. Then over years I read all of the rest of them. He was one of the real ones. "We love you, Boaz."

  • @sidekickstreams
    @sidekickstreams 3 года назад +12

    Look all I'm saying is that I've never seen Kilgore Trout and Kurt Vonnegut in the same room at the same time

  • @asymptoticspatula
    @asymptoticspatula 2 года назад +6

    oh I just love him. such a charming, witty, and amazing human.

  • @NicklasNylander87
    @NicklasNylander87 Год назад +2

    "I was just making my soul grow writing stories." Wow. Spot on.

  • @jessemcelroy2776
    @jessemcelroy2776 5 лет назад +7

    So humble humourous and witty he's an entrancing sort of person a true original unlike all of us

  • @kriskarr3686
    @kriskarr3686 Год назад +6

    What he says about computers was spot on. Computers and cell phones, "mind killers".

  • @AppleheadIsCool
    @AppleheadIsCool 4 года назад +16

    and here we are, using our computers in our rooms so that we might study and grow and become by watching kurt vonnegut tell us that computers in our rooms will stifle our ability to grow and become

    • @MisterFugginRomero
      @MisterFugginRomero 4 года назад +3

      He was half right.

    • @ANobodiemyspace
      @ANobodiemyspace 2 года назад +2

      Humm, did you grow? You just listened to a piece of information. The growing part is when you use that new found info. Which you did not and proved his point. Instead you created a little circular logic comment that that seems to prove something but actually says nothing new.

    • @hunter23138
      @hunter23138 11 месяцев назад

      @@ANobodiemyspace Well said. I was thinking that nearly but have had too much wine. I watch this stuff when my brain is tired, but to grow I read, think, write, read, think ...

    • @rachellandry3116
      @rachellandry3116 10 месяцев назад

      creativity doesn't happen in a vacuum. Kurt was human and sometimes *gasp* WRONG.
      Info tech and all its accessories and devices is a s useful or destructive as YOU utilize it. Like fire.....

    • @AppleheadIsCool
      @AppleheadIsCool 9 месяцев назад

      @@rachellandry3116 thanks for commenting! i never would have imagined i would have the opportunity to engage with a snarky offhand joke i made 3 years ago. it also gave me the opportunity to watch the interview again which was as insightful as always.
      i think i broadly agree with rachel in that information technology is a tool, but oh boy does it give us the opportunity to delude ourselves into thinking we're doing something. i knew this three years ago when i wrote that original comment as that was probably in one of my most severe periods of social media overuse sadness. i'm in therapy now, which is deeply helpful, and i recommend it for everyone who knows they're using the computer/phone too much but can't seem to stop for whatever reason.
      i've had bouts of trying to become a hermit and a luddite, but at the end of the day computers and the social internet (chat apps and youtube in particular) are too important a piece of my professional, creative, and social life to ignore completely. deliberate use is difficult on a platform whose primary aim is to game your attention and reward system, especially when that platform is designed by some of the book-smartest people on the planet, but there's no reason to go it alone if you don't have to.

  • @jayloving6030
    @jayloving6030 2 года назад +35

    I'd forgotten how much Charlie Rose hated letting anyone finish a sentence.

  • @easywind4044
    @easywind4044 5 лет назад +8

    Kube dog you are correct. I wasn’t clear. I did learn how to read with a first grade reader named Tip and Mitten, a primer about a dog and cat. The fact is I struggled with reading most of the way through school. All of grade school and high school was a struggle for me because of poor reading skills. But one summer when I was about thirteen the family television went on the fritz and all I had for entertainment was my older brothers paper back books. Thats when I read all of the James Bond novels, Mad magazine and a book of poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti which helped me be a better reading. When I got out of the Navy in 1972, I began going to school on the G.I bill and managed to get a degree in secondary education, finally, in 1991. That summer is when I honed my reading skills enough to earn my degree. That experience helped me relate to kids that struggled just like I did. The question that I have for you is, why do you take such pleasure in trolling people on social media. That seems to me to be a bit of a pathology . These types of forums are rife people who have an obvious cruel streak. I think you need to examine yourself to better understand why you have this need.

    • @patrickgrisley
      @patrickgrisley 4 года назад +1

      Brilliant. Fair play to you. Forget about ignorant people. Anyone who spreads negativity is lost. Its pathetic really

    • @AndySalinger33
      @AndySalinger33 3 года назад

      Easy Wind, way to go. You said it! And great story about perseverance! God bless you.

  • @daviddawson1718
    @daviddawson1718 5 лет назад +13

    When Kurt Vonnegut spoke, it paid to listen

  • @Earthdogbonzo3
    @Earthdogbonzo3 5 лет назад +8

    Back in the day before I became digital man with a high speed fiber optic connection, there were collections of paper called books. Some thick, some thin and some in between. Open the book, focus on the black marks and you were transported to a place infinitely far away, closer than at hand at warp speed faster than light! Anyway, Vonnegut's voice filled my mind, kept me entertained and thinking and laughing for less than five dollars. We are all in a state of becoming, endowed and empowered by the universal will to be. And so it goes.

    • @ordinarryalien
      @ordinarryalien 2 года назад +3

      Book? What a strange word... It must be a really old technology. Never heard of it.

  • @derfberfel785
    @derfberfel785 6 лет назад +11

    RIP my dear friend Greatest American Writer

  • @easywind4044
    @easywind4044 5 лет назад +5

    I learned how to read by reading Ian Fleming, the writers of Mad Magazine, the writers of National Lampoon, and Kurt Vonnegut. I am so grateful.

    • @Kube_Dog
      @Kube_Dog 5 лет назад

      No, you didn't. You can't go from no reading to suddenly reading at an eighth grade level. You started with Jack and Jill like everyone else, dickhead.

  • @caramason56
    @caramason56 2 года назад +2

    A most brilliant and inspiring human 😊❤️☀️

  • @donnathompson4401
    @donnathompson4401 7 лет назад +17

    Vonnegut is compared to a fine wine--the more aged it becomes it's flavor distinguished set apart from the lesser quality.

    • @Kube_Dog
      @Kube_Dog 5 лет назад +2

      He would throw up in your mouth to hear you use such a stupid, tired, boring-ass cliche to describe him. What's your address, so I can mail you a bag of nutty shit.

  • @johnperrigo6474
    @johnperrigo6474 5 лет назад +3

    Interesting point Vonnegut made about computers. I think he's right on the mark.

  • @jeremyprose
    @jeremyprose 8 лет назад +45

    Vonnegut repeats the same line from Melville about whalers not talking because they have nothing to say that he said in an interview with Rose in 1996. Charlie didn't seem to remember the line.

    • @stanleyraz6690
      @stanleyraz6690 7 лет назад +3

      Besides being clearly suffering from amnesia, he did a lot of interviews in between to be fair, he did everybody (Filmmakers, writers,athletes,actors...). Check out his videos on youtube , it's fascinating.

    • @jordanrioscreations
      @jordanrioscreations 5 лет назад +4

      Think about all the times in life we're just repeating the same phrases and thoughts, that quote actually speaks to that. Charlie Rose also seemed to be going through the motions this interview.

    • @hankhicks8046
      @hankhicks8046 5 лет назад +5

      I love that line I worked 10 years as a commercial fisherman and conversation did fall silent because you'd said everything you'd wanted to say, everyone had,you knew what everyone was thinking and how'd they'd respond to every comment,topic,story, and it made just more sense to make eye contact and just giggle quietly

  • @kevgh3869
    @kevgh3869 8 лет назад +8

    Thanks for releasing this stuff!

  • @PoeAlice
    @PoeAlice 5 лет назад +8

    It’s wise to know when you’ve run out of things to say.

  • @hahnfurst2195
    @hahnfurst2195 3 года назад +2

    "I figured out how to keep humanity from hurling itself off the cliff. To start, we're all going to post our favorite Rant(s) on 11-11 at 11:11.
    ~ xoxo Hahn Furst”
    #FLICKiT
    #HappyBirthdayKurt
    #HappyBirthdayFyodor
    #HappyBirthdayLeo

  • @gabriellebaalke6704
    @gabriellebaalke6704 8 лет назад +31

    He was quite charming, really, wasn't he?

    • @geoffreycarr6958
      @geoffreycarr6958 3 года назад +2

      I wish I could have met the man and had a conversation with him

  • @ANobodiemyspace
    @ANobodiemyspace 2 года назад +1

    Wow. Mr Vonnegut created a short story right in the middle of the interview. A story of the well intentioned, well versed, professor Sweetbread, who wanted Charlie to live in the same box as he. I bet you want to know what happened to Charlie? Me too.

    • @Lisa-qt4hh
      @Lisa-qt4hh Год назад

      Yes me too... What a lovely way he had of illustrating his point and really funny too in his delivery :)

  • @iamnoimpact
    @iamnoimpact 3 года назад +2

    This interviewer seems like he believes that he’s on the worst date of all time. Man, it really seemed like he was trying to douse Vonnegut’s lively fire. Tough to watch! Happy to see Kurt pushing through it though. What a great man.

  • @AllFirstHand
    @AllFirstHand 4 месяца назад

    Charlie Rose is an awesome interviewer.

  • @dirkplankchest1796
    @dirkplankchest1796 4 года назад

    Great upload, thanks.

  • @shivadave3174
    @shivadave3174 3 года назад +1

    I love this man.

  • @modaljazz59
    @modaljazz59 4 месяца назад

    Any book with pictures in it is instantly 1,000 distinguish amongst all other books.

  • @omatzyo7
    @omatzyo7 8 лет назад

    hey, just found your channel, thanks for uploading all these interviews!

  • @andrewsoligo9337
    @andrewsoligo9337 2 года назад

    Happy 100th birthday Kurt Vonnegut!

  • @kelkabot
    @kelkabot 5 лет назад +78

    Charlie Rose needs to shut up and just let Vonnegut talk. He's way out of his depth.

    • @sheemakarp6424
      @sheemakarp6424 5 лет назад +2

      Kelly Flynn this is surely the kindest way to have expressed this. I am impressed by your goodness. And, of course, Charlie Rose’s true colors have been shown now.

    • @joem5386
      @joem5386 5 лет назад

      Telling Charlie Rose how to interview a guest is like attempting to show a bird how to fly. This man has been doing this for years and knows how to bring out the best in his 'guests.'

    • @joem5386
      @joem5386 5 лет назад

      @@sheemakarp6424 How is this relevant to Rose's interviewing skills?

    • @sheemakarp6424
      @sheemakarp6424 5 лет назад +2

      Joe M There are clearly different opinions about Rose’s interviewing skills & I believe that everyone is entitled to them. Given my opinion of how he conducted this interview, I could also see a similar arrogance in his insensitive & aggressive behavior with some of the women who worked for him. I have never particularly cared for his style of interviewing, albeit he has been doing it for a long time.

    • @sheemakarp6424
      @sheemakarp6424 5 лет назад +2

      Joe M but not all birds fly, and so we should certainly not tell them how to. But I can certainly wonder when I see one making the attempt. 🙏

  • @erneihenson9950
    @erneihenson9950 8 лет назад +2

    love this stuff

  • @friendofbeaver6636
    @friendofbeaver6636 2 года назад +1

    I remember reading a KV quote saying that if writers only studied literature, literature would disappear up it's own ass!

  • @dsonyay
    @dsonyay 3 года назад

    I like what he said about computers in the home… @12:18

  • @thivyaprasad1414
    @thivyaprasad1414 5 лет назад +4

    He laughs exactly like my grandpa did

  • @Derzmarcz
    @Derzmarcz 5 лет назад +5

    Dude charlie rose looks like a giggling fan boy, let the dude talk.

  • @notcork
    @notcork 2 года назад

    1:27 i think he was being honest with this answer, even though he is quick to bat it away afterwards

  • @manicmandownup
    @manicmandownup 2 года назад

    I understand that Vonnegut is funny and good natured (obviously), but I wish the questions would’ve been a little less about trying to get him to have quick-witted rebuttals. Charlie should’ve reeled it in a bit and shown a little more respect. But…who am I to say what’s right or not? It was a fun interview. I do like that Mr. Vonnegut pointed out that we are not in competition with so called “world champions”.
    “I’m out of stuff; I don’t have anything more to say.”

  • @jennypulczinski7204
    @jennypulczinski7204 2 года назад

    I like to think I could be a member of Kurt's karass when I die, as I wasn't in life

  • @mazeckenrode
    @mazeckenrode 7 лет назад +2

    “Charlie Rose”, PBS, 8 Sep 1999

  • @litestuf
    @litestuf 5 лет назад +1

    Good interview, however, I prefer interviewers who let the guest talk and then 'DFU'.

  • @Adrian-vd6ji
    @Adrian-vd6ji 11 месяцев назад

    cats cradle is my fav

  • @mabenstein1
    @mabenstein1 5 лет назад

    My favourite author. If we listened to this guy, America wouldn't be where we are today

  • @Danbecker000
    @Danbecker000 2 года назад +2

    The utter gall of trying to shame Vonnegut for not writing "new stuff." When Vonnegut says he's out of shit to say, I believe him, have you seen his catalogue of work? Like Jesus, he was 76 at the time of this interview, give him a goddamn break.

  • @wellfedstarvingartist
    @wellfedstarvingartist 4 года назад +3

    Charlie flopped hard on this one. Kurt destroyed him at the end.

  • @extravagantpanda7962
    @extravagantpanda7962 Год назад

    This broadcast is a relic of a time before television. If I had to guess with no context I would have said this was from 1979 at the latest. What the hell kind of camera was this recorded on?

  • @ahvavee
    @ahvavee 3 года назад

    “I was careless and thought they wouldn’t matter much.” One of us.
    Rose annoys me

  • @imterner
    @imterner 3 года назад

    8:48 he is baked out of his mind

  • @Kube_Dog
    @Kube_Dog 5 лет назад +2

    Tom Snyder was awesome. He always had interesting slightly off guests like Vonnegut.

  • @udbhavseth799
    @udbhavseth799 Год назад

    when vonnegut starts firing back at 11:20, charlie rose gets burnt. vonnegut kept tryna say that he simply doesn't care to behave like a company, churning out stories endlessly till he's useless and thrown away. he wants to behave like a human, doing what he wants to live a content and kind life, and stories are just one of the ways to do that. and here's charlie rose trying to build him into a personality or brand for young people to admire. vonnegut simply doesn't care. he doesn't want to be treated like a product that can be manufactured in a factory and put to use. he wants to be treated as a person with failings and vulnerabilities and hopes that are somedays reached. if i just want to be heard, i'll republish old material which was also an important period of my life, and be done with it. who are you coming here to tell me i need to do more?

  • @QuestorX
    @QuestorX 2 года назад +1

    What a shame the arrogant interviewer kept interrupting. Clearly thought it was all about him.

  • @alenbacco7613
    @alenbacco7613 4 года назад

    I dont know if I can handle reading time quake again

  • @Squeeeez
    @Squeeeez 2 года назад +1

    What's up with Charlie's eyes?

  • @Morris_Buttermaker
    @Morris_Buttermaker Год назад

    *One thing I don't like about computers in the home, it's cheats people out of the experience of becoming.*

  • @idklol4197
    @idklol4197 2 года назад +2

    charlie's so frustrated that kurt thinks he's run his course, its great.

  • @brians1902
    @brians1902 4 года назад +3

    Ok why is Charlie so great ... he is a terrible interviewer. He has one perspective competition.

    • @AndySalinger33
      @AndySalinger33 3 года назад

      I’ve never understood how he is considered by some to be THE interviewer! It’s bizarre. The man is just terrible at his one job. He phoned everything in.

  • @_Vortex___
    @_Vortex___ 4 года назад

    What's the name of the interviewer ?

  • @bobwaller1649
    @bobwaller1649 Год назад +1

    Interviewers like Charlie Rose show us what we’ve lost. The ability to interview without being contentious. Truly a lost art today.

  • @funnel6106
    @funnel6106 7 лет назад +22

    Is it just me or does Charlie look plastered throughout the whole interview

    • @mcsparky7419
      @mcsparky7419 7 лет назад +6

      He does indeed appear to be toasted and sauced...kinda funny.

    • @UnderstandingCode
      @UnderstandingCode 5 лет назад +4

      Nah he's just an alchoholic

    • @felixcat4346
      @felixcat4346 5 лет назад +2

      @@UnderstandingCode Fuck you you judgmental shit.

    • @Fit_Philosopher
      @Fit_Philosopher 4 года назад

      lmao. more like cross-faded when he had those moments of intense staring at Kurt with his head drooped forward lol

    • @teodelfuego
      @teodelfuego Год назад

      It’s just you, riding the coat tails of a movement you think will give you an opportunity to feel superior to those who have achieved more than you ever will

  • @jsmith1025
    @jsmith1025 5 лет назад +5

    Damn this interviewer starts on the offensive - straight up bullying one of the great writers

  • @aldaedalus
    @aldaedalus Месяц назад

    I forgot how annoying Charlie Rose was. He sure got his just rewards in the end

  • @dungeoneering1974
    @dungeoneering1974 4 года назад +1

    "Don't have to pander to their politics" to write a story people will like. A luxury we don't have anymore here in the 21st century.

  • @recoverybeer8165
    @recoverybeer8165 6 лет назад +1

    🤘👌

  • @aureliantudordumitrescu5828
    @aureliantudordumitrescu5828 4 года назад

    The show's host reminds me of Bob Odenkirk.

  • @Teamsarahgapp
    @Teamsarahgapp 2 года назад +2

    Did someone actually pay this interviewer? He is extremely rude, intellectually hollow and very frustrating to watch. Where's Michael Parkinson when you need him?

  • @bhattkris
    @bhattkris 2 года назад

    Is he wearing a wig?

  • @allwheeldrive
    @allwheeldrive Год назад

    Not the best interview session... Vonnegut had to just drive right through it. No doubt lost some insights because of the lack of real, contextual preparation by Rose. "I don't get it!" Really? A shame.

  • @petermorningsnow
    @petermorningsnow 5 лет назад

    The only fault in this otherwise beauty is the notion of a Writers Workshop. Frank Lloyd at his most unoriginal.

  • @jamesjun6393
    @jamesjun6393 Год назад

    Charlie Rose has always been unctuous as an interviewer.

  • @Adrian-vd6ji
    @Adrian-vd6ji 11 месяцев назад

    this guys being a dic to kurt wtf

  • @SamBassComedy
    @SamBassComedy 7 лет назад +5

    Why do people think writers have an infinite amount of ideas? We aren't gods you know.

    • @NarwhalTrainer7
      @NarwhalTrainer7 5 лет назад +1

      I guess from my standpoint I assume that change in life is constant. 30 year old me will be different than 20 year old me. 50 year old me different than 40 year old me. And I figure that'll continue until I die. I guess I assume that my ideas will also change as time goes on. I haven't lived much life, but I would hope that things don't just become stagnate. I hope to continuously learn and grow. I suppose not everyone is like that however.

    • @djpb2
      @djpb2 5 лет назад

      Astonishingly ignorant of Charlie Rose.

    • @Kube_Dog
      @Kube_Dog 5 лет назад +1

      A real writer (not you) does have an infinite number of ideas. They come out slowly, though, like draining the ocean with a garden hose. You'd know that if you weren't so stupid.

    • @djpb2
      @djpb2 5 лет назад +1

      @@Kube_Dog By that logic, everyone has an infinite number of ideas. Just because someone writes them down doesn't mean they have more than someone else.
      The point being made is to do with Vonnegut's apparent contentedness with his published body of work, and Rose's air of entitlement as though he thinks Vonnegut owed people to want to write more. Which he didn't.

    • @Kube_Dog
      @Kube_Dog 5 лет назад

      @@djpb2 You don't listen, or you don't understand the metaphor. There are infinite ideas. We can tap them. The ideas trickle to us slowly, not all at once. And we can shut off the tap. Get that right, before you form an opinion about Rose and Vonnegut, because it's the essential context. Good luck, dummy.

  • @bluebellbeatnik4945
    @bluebellbeatnik4945 Год назад

    still never read vonnegut. just came to see what the man looks like that every white man born in the 70s has told me is a genius.

  • @Silvertone58
    @Silvertone58 6 месяцев назад

    Cant stand Charlie Rose. No offense.

  • @intelligentcat192
    @intelligentcat192 2 года назад

    Charlie Rose is so disrespectful to Kurt Vonnegut one of the foremost literary geniuses of the 21st century. I’d like to tell him so.