I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

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.

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...