In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.

We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago.