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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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

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 man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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...

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...

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

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

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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......

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...

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

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

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...

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...

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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...

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...