As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting the nursery games of humankind,…

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

Women only have trouble parking because we are constantly lied to about what 8 inches...

Women only have trouble parking because we are constantly lied to about what 8 inches...