Dalton Trumbo
Born: 01-01-1905
Dalton Trumbo was an influential American screenwriter and novelist, renowned for his powerful anti-war novel "Johnny Got His Gun." A key figure in the Hollywood Ten, Trumbo was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for his Communist Party affiliations. Despite this, he continued to write under pseudonyms, winning two Oscars. Trumbo's resilience and creativity left an indelible mark on American cinema and literature, exemplifying courage and artistic integrity.
Book summaries for books written by Dalton Trumbo
Quotes
The only thing I'm afraid of is that I'll never be able to go home.
I don't know whether God exists or not, but it doesn't matter - there's no getting away from this business of dying.
If the thing they were fighting for was important enough to die for then it was also important enough for them to be thinking about it.
It's a funny thing. Most people on the outside world are all for peace. They say they are for peace. They say that they are against war. But when you come right down to it they don't really care, one way or the other.
The only important thing I have to say is that my life is so empty and I am so loathsome that I can't deserve consideration.
I don't know what I am. I don't know if I am or not.
If I had arms I could kill myself. If I had legs I could run away. But I can't do anything.
How do you know what you are if you can't remember anything?
I don't want to die. I don't want to be dead. I'm not dead, I can feel everything.
I am the living death, the memorial day on wheels.
But I'm not a coward. I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Just don't let them put me away again in the dark. It's so lonesome in the dark.