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

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

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...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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...

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...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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...

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.

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...