I’m Definitely Not In Control

Writers are specialized cells in the social organism.  They are evolutionary cells.  Mankind is trying to become something else; it’s experimenting with new ideas all the time.  And writers are a means of introducing new ideas into the society, and also a means of responding symbolically to life.  I don’t think we’re in control of what we do.
—  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
From his book: “Wampeters, Foma And Granfalloons“
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