I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture.
SAUL BELLOWI think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture.
SAUL BELLOWA good novel is worth more than the best scientific study.
SAUL BELLOWCalifornia is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn’t really need. You can quote me on that.
SAUL BELLOWIn 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.
SAUL BELLOWThe 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.
SAUL BELLOWThere are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever… money, for instance, or war.
SAUL BELLOWIf women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
SAUL BELLOWConquered people tend to be witty.
SAUL BELLOWIn expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
SAUL BELLOWGoodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
SAUL BELLOWPeople can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.
SAUL BELLOWEverybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
SAUL BELLOWWhat is art but a way of seeing?
SAUL BELLOWNo realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.
SAUL BELLOWI’ve never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn’t have a price tag on the other side.
SAUL BELLOWA fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.
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