A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended...

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended...

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America...

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night...

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more...

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more...