All Saul Bellow Quotes
- The late philosopher Morris R. Cohen of CCNY was asked by a student in the metaphysics course, Professor Cohen, how do I know that I… Asked
- A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study. Best
- I’ve had all the monstrosity I want. All
- De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for underestimating the destructive… Blamed
- We are all such accidents. We do not make up history and culture. We simply appear, not by our own choice. We make what we… Accept
- Art attempts to find in the universe, in matter as well as in the facts of life, what is fundamental, enduring, essential. Art
- How could I be anything but a dissenter? Who wants the opinion of a group? Conformity
- The writer cannot make the seas of distraction stand still, but he [or she] can at times come between the madly distracted and the distractions. Cannot Make
- All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac. All
- The best argument is an undeniably good book. Argument
- Those who have a why to live for can bear almost any how. The necessary premise is that a person is somehow more than his… All
- O Lord! he concluded, forgive all these trespasses. Lead me not into Penn Station. All
- The ocean was waiting with grand and bitter provocations, as if it invited you to think how deep it was, how much colder than your… Bitter
- Art is order, made out of the chaos of life. Art
- The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters. Achieve
- I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. Achievement
- The more realistic you are the more you threaten the grounds of your own art. Art
- Art has to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction. Arrest
- The life of every citizen is becoming a business. This, it seems to me, is one of the worst interpretations of the meaning of human… Becoming
- A plan relieves you of the torment of choice. Choice