I am an American, Chicago born – Chicago, that somber city – and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style,… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Towards the end of your life you have something like a pain schedule to fill out—a long schedule like a federal document,… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
A millennial belief in a Holy God may have the effect of deepening the soul, but it is also obviously archaic, and… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
... a fellow can't predict what he will pick up in the form of influence. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put together. We are so proud of our autonomy that… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
“On Broadway it was still bright afternoon and the gassy air was almost motionless under the leaden spokes of sunlight, and sawdust footprints lay… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Myself is thus and so, and will continue thus and so. And why fight it? My balance comes from instability. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The late philosopher Morris R. Cohen of CCNY was asked by a student in the metaphysics course, Professor Cohen, how do I know that… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
“But now the emphasis has shifted to making it. People have surrendered their personal moral objectives to government or schools or psychologists. It’s a… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
There's a kind of emptiness at the center of life ... nothing to form your life on, or by. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image