In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

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...

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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...

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...

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them...

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them...

Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free...

Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free...

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.