Facts about Saul Bellow

Occup.Novelist
FromUSA
BornJune 10, 1914
DiedApril 5, 2005
Aged90 years

Summary

Saul Bellow was a famous Novelist from USA, who lived between June 10, 1914 and April 5, 2005. He/she became 90 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Saul.

Related authors: Leo Rosten (Novelist)

30 Famous quotes by Saul Bellow

Small: A man is only as good as what he loves
"A man is only as good as what he loves"
Small: A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep
"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep"
Small: A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study
"A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study"
Small: A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out
"A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out"
Small: With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that youve fallen into good hands - someone
"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"
Small: Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps
"Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps"
Small: When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice
"When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice"
Small: What is art but a way of seeing?
"What is art but a way of seeing?"
Small: 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"
Small: There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehe
"There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for"
Small: There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instan
"There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war"
Small: She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand
"She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand"
Small: Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are n
"Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The 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"
Small: People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned
"People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned"
Small: No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection
"No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection"
Small: In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and e
"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"
Small: In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries
"In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries"
Small: If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things
"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things"
Small: Ive never turned over a fig leaf yet that didnt have a price tag on the other side
"I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side"
Small: Im glad I havent lived in vain
"I'm glad I haven't lived in vain"
Small: I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre
"I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture"
Small: Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions
"Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions"
Small: Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love
"Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love"
Small: 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"
Small: Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression if you hold down one thing, you hold do
"Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining"
Small: Conquered people tend to be witty
"Conquered people tend to be witty"
Small: California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesnt really need. You can quote me on t
"California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that"
Small: Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately
"Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately"
Small: All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say hes a writer. Its an aphrodisiac
"All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac"
Small: A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of
"A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life"