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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What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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...

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

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

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...

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 expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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...

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.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

Memories are nothing but the lash with which yesterday flogs tomorrow.

Memories are nothing but the lash with which yesterday flogs tomorrow.

All memories either of pleasure or pain are only transitory unless we preserve them in...

All memories either of pleasure or pain are only transitory unless we preserve them in...