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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As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

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...

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

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...

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...

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...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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.

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...

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.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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

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

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.

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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...

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...

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...

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...