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09/19/2002 Entry: "mr. vonnegut and mr. rentilly"

Vonnegut: [Long pause] I think it would be the moment where I was doing everything right, where I was beyond criticism. It was back in World War II. It was snowing, but everything was black. The trucks were rolling in. I was surrounded by my buddies. And my rifle was between my knees, my helmet on my head. I was ready for anything. And I was right where I belonged. That would be the moment. It would have to be the moment.

J. Rentilly's interview with Kurt Vonnegut, is a nice look at what Mr. Vonnegut is up to these days. He's clearly a crotchety old man, but also one of America's great writers, and someone with an infinite variety of interesting things on his mind. The interview is in three parts, (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

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