In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries. - Saul Bellow
I am not an ornithologist—I am a bird. - Saul Bellow
Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. - Saul Bellow
California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that. - Saul Bellow
The old continued to have one resurgence of foolishness after another, until the organism gave out altogether. - Saul Bellow
It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart. - Saul Bellow
Happiness can only be found if you free yourself of all other distractions. - Saul Bellow
At times I feel like a socket that remembers its tooth. - Saul Bellow
There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book. - Saul Bellow
There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger. - Saul Bellow
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. - Saul Bellow
Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. - Saul Bellow
A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking. - Saul Bellow
There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep. - Saul Bellow
A man is only as good as what he loves. - Saul Bellow
All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac. - Saul Bellow
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. - Saul Bellow
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. - Saul Bellow