|

|

Advertisements

Saul Bellow Quotes

But a man’s character is his fate... and in the end there isn’t any way to disguise the nature of the knocks by acoustical work on the door or gloving the knuckles Picture Quote #1

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture Picture Quote #1

In 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 Picture Quote #1

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you’ve fallen into good hands - someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence Picture Quote #1

Art attempts to find in the universe, in matter as well as in the facts of life, what is fundamental, enduring, essential Picture Quote #1

Here we write well when we expose frauds and hypocrites. We are great at counting warts and blemishes and weighting feet of clay. In expressing love, we belong among the underdeveloped countries Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

In politics continental Europe was infantile - horrifying. What America lacked, for all its political stability, was the capacity to enjoy intellectual pleasures as though they were sensual pleasures. This is what Europe offered, or was said to offer Picture Quote #1

I am moneys medium. It passes through me- taxes, insurance, mortgage, child support, rent, legal fees. All this dignified blundering costs plenty Picture Quote #1

I pretended not to understand. One of life’s hardest jobs, to make a quick understanding slow. I think I succeeded, thought Herzog Picture Quote #1

De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can’t be blamed for underestimating the destructive powers generated by this same impulse Picture Quote #1

O Lord! he concluded, forgive all these trespasses. Lead me not into Penn Station Picture Quote #1

(Socrates) said there were only two possibilities. Either the soul is immortal or, after death, things would be again as blank as they were before we were born Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

From Euclid to Newton there were straight lines. The modern age analyzes the wavers Picture Quote #1

Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters Picture Quote #1

Losing a parent is something like driving through a plate-glass window. You didn’t know it was there until it shattered, and then for years to come you’re picking up the pieces -- down to the last glassy splinter Picture Quote #1

Erotic practices have become diversified. Sex used to be a single-crop farming, like cotton or wheat; now people raise all kinds of things Picture Quote #1

It seems hard for the American people to believe that anything could be more exciting than the times themselves. What we read daily and view on the TV has thrust imagined forms into the shadow. We are staggeringly rich in facts, in things, and perhaps, like the nouveau riche of other ages, we want our wealth faithfully reproduced by the artist Picture Quote #1

It’s hard for writers to get on with their work if they are convinced that they owe a concrete debt to experience and cannot allow themselves the privilege of ranging freely through social classes and professional specialties. A certain pride in their own experience, perhaps a sense of the property rights of others in their experience, holds them back Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

A millennial belief in a Holy God may have the effect of deepening the soul, but it is also obviously archaic, and modern influences would presently bring me up to date and reveal how antiquated my origins were. To turn away from those origins, however, has always seemed to me an utter impossibility. It would be a treason to my first consciousness to un-Jew myself Picture Quote #1

The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to publishing, and universities, with access to the major book reviews, they were able to pose as the vanguard of American culture when they were so obsessed with the two Joes--McCarthy and Stalin--that they were to produce only two artists, Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, who left town Picture Quote #1

Throughout my career I’ve struggled to encourage people to read my books on a more metaphorical level. I’m less attached to my settings than, for example, Saul Bellow. The setting of a novel for me is just a part of the technique. I choose it at the end Picture Quote #1

Death is the black backing on the mirror that allows us to see anything at all Picture Quote #1

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture Picture Quote #1

I don’t actually take much stock in the collapsing culture bit. I’m beginning to see it instead as the conduct of life without input from your soul Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Boredom is the conviction that you can’t change ... the shriek of unused capacities Picture Quote #1

The dream of man’s heart ... is that life may complete in significant pattern Picture Quote #1

I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don’t you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible Picture Quote #1

He didn’t ask Where will you spend eternity? as religious the-end-is-near picketers did but rather, With what, in this modern democracy, will you meet the demands of your soul? Picture Quote #1

We are funny creatures. We don’t see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire Picture Quote #1

Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. But the over-examined life makes you wish you were dead. Given the alternative, I’d rather be living Picture Quote #1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

But a man’s character is his fate... and in the end there isn’t any way to disguise the nature of the knocks by acoustical work on the door or gloving the knuckles (Saul Bellow Quotes) I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture (Saul Bellow Quotes) In 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 Bellow Quotes) With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you’ve fallen into good hands - someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence (Saul Bellow Quotes) Art attempts to find in the universe, in matter as well as in the facts of life, what is fundamental, enduring, essential (Saul Bellow Quotes) Here we write well when we expose frauds and hypocrites. We are great at counting warts and blemishes and weighting feet of clay. In expressing love, we belong among the underdeveloped countries (Saul Bellow Quotes) In politics continental Europe was infantile - horrifying. What America lacked, for all its political stability, was the capacity to enjoy intellectual pleasures as though they were sensual pleasures. This is what Europe offered, or was said to offer (Saul Bellow Quotes) I am moneys medium. It passes through me- taxes, insurance, mortgage, child support, rent, legal fees. All this dignified blundering costs plenty (Saul Bellow Quotes) I pretended not to understand. One of life’s hardest jobs, to make a quick understanding slow. I think I succeeded, thought Herzog (Saul Bellow Quotes) De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can’t be blamed for underestimating the destructive powers generated by this same impulse (Saul Bellow Quotes) O Lord! he concluded, forgive all these trespasses. Lead me not into Penn Station (Saul Bellow Quotes) (Socrates) said there were only two possibilities. Either the soul is immortal or, after death, things would be again as blank as they were before we were born (Saul Bellow Quotes) From Euclid to Newton there were straight lines. The modern age analyzes the wavers (Saul Bellow Quotes) Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters (Saul Bellow Quotes) Losing a parent is something like driving through a plate-glass window. You didn’t know it was there until it shattered, and then for years to come you’re picking up the pieces -- down to the last glassy splinter (Saul Bellow Quotes) Erotic practices have become diversified. Sex used to be a single-crop farming, like cotton or wheat; now people raise all kinds of things (Saul Bellow Quotes) It seems hard for the American people to believe that anything could be more exciting than the times themselves. What we read daily and view on the TV has thrust imagined forms into the shadow. We are staggeringly rich in facts, in things, and perhaps, like the nouveau riche of other ages, we want our wealth faithfully reproduced by the artist (Saul Bellow Quotes) It’s hard for writers to get on with their work if they are convinced that they owe a concrete debt to experience and cannot allow themselves the privilege of ranging freely through social classes and professional specialties. A certain pride in their own experience, perhaps a sense of the property rights of others in their experience, holds them back (Saul Bellow Quotes) A millennial belief in a Holy God may have the effect of deepening the soul, but it is also obviously archaic, and modern influences would presently bring me up to date and reveal how antiquated my origins were. To turn away from those origins, however, has always seemed to me an utter impossibility. It would be a treason to my first consciousness to un-Jew myself (Saul Bellow Quotes) The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to publishing, and universities, with access to the major book reviews, they were able to pose as the vanguard of American culture when they were so obsessed with the two Joes--McCarthy and Stalin--that they were to produce only two artists, Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, who left town (Saul Bellow Quotes) Throughout my career I’ve struggled to encourage people to read my books on a more metaphorical level. I’m less attached to my settings than, for example, Saul Bellow. The setting of a novel for me is just a part of the technique. I choose it at the end (Saul Bellow Quotes) Death is the black backing on the mirror that allows us to see anything at all (Saul Bellow Quotes) I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture. (Saul Bellow Quotes) I don’t actually take much stock in the collapsing culture bit. I’m beginning to see it instead as the conduct of life without input from your soul. (Saul Bellow Quotes) Boredom is the conviction that you can’t change ... the shriek of unused capacities. (Saul Bellow Quotes) The dream of man’s heart ... is that life may complete in significant pattern. (Saul Bellow Quotes) I mean you have been disappointed in love, but don’t you know how many things there are to be disappointed in besides love? You are lucky to be still disappointed in love. Later it may be even more terrible. (Saul Bellow Quotes) He didn’t ask Where will you spend eternity? as religious the-end-is-near picketers did but rather, With what, in this modern democracy, will you meet the demands of your soul? (Saul Bellow Quotes) We are funny creatures. We don’t see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire. (Saul Bellow Quotes) Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. But the over-examined life makes you wish you were dead. Given the alternative, I’d rather be living. (Saul Bellow Quotes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7