A man is only as good as what he loves.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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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...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

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.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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...

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...

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...

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

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

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

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

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...

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning,...

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning,...