California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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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...

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...

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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 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...

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...

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...

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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...

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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

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

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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.

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......

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...

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...