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

Topics: New York Quotes

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......

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.

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...

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

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...