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...

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......

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can;...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.