All Saul Bellow Quotes
- A man is only as good as what he loves. Belief
- A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Atheism
- There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we… Account
- Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions. All
- Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. Door
- No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection. Around Chicago
- When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. Accomplice
- Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining. Accuracy
- Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love. Achieved
- She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand. Blonde
- We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next. Always Looking
- Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. Any
- I'm glad I haven't lived in vain. Aging
- In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries. Among
- People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. Book
- There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war. Ability
- You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. Change
- Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it… All
- A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. Balanced
- California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that. Artificial
- Conquered people tend to be witty. Conquered
- I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture. Administrative
- With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen into good hands - someone from whom you can accept… Accept
- In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down… All
- If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. Expected