There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Quote by Saul Bellow

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What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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...

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

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

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended...

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended...

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.

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.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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 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...