Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Saul Bellow Quotes

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 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...

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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...

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...

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...

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......

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...

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

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

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Civilized people - Muslims, Christians and Jews - all understand that the source of freedom...

Civilized people - Muslims, Christians and Jews - all understand that the source of freedom...

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a...

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a...

Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and...

Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and...