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

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

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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......

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...

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...

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 man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves...

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves...

Some men just don't understand that a woman's heart is like a deep ocean of...

Some men just don't understand that a woman's heart is like a deep ocean of...