I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.

" When pressed further Vonnegut also said that "They [suicide bombers] are dying for their own self-respect. The couple separated in 1970; that same year Vonnegut began living with the woman who would later become his second wife photographer Jill Krementz although he did not divorce Cox until 1979. Breakfast of Champions became one of his best-selling novels.

: /ˈvɒnɨɡət/; November 11 1922 – April 11 2007) was an American writer. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.