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

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Women Quotes

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

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

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...

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

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...

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 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.

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit...

Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit...