She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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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 good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

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

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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...

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?

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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...

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...

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...

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...