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

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...