# That Vonnegut/Heller Story

> True story, Word of Honor:
>
> Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party
> given by a billionaire on Shelter Island.
>
> I said, "Joe, how does it make you feel to know that our host only yesterday
> may have made more money than your novel 'Catch-22' has earned in its entire
> history?"  
> And Joe said, "I've got something he can never have."  
> And I said, "What on earth could that be, Joe?"  
> And Joe said, "The knowledge that I’ve got enough."
>
> Not bad! Rest in peace!
>
> – Kurt Vonnegut, _The New Yorker_ (May 16th, 2005)