You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Writing 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...

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...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

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

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

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

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

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

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...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

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......

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 man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...