Saul Bellow (10 June 1915 – 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-American writer.
For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Saul Bellow
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. Saul Bellow
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 to write. Saul Bellow
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.
We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next. Saul Bellow
We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.
One must bear in mind the odd angle or slant that the rays of love have to take in order to reach a heart like mine. Saul Bellow
One must bear in mind the odd angle or slant that the rays of love have to take in order to reach a heart like mine.
Unless you're completely exploded, there's always something to be grateful for. Saul Bellow
Unless you're completely exploded, there's always something to be grateful for.
She's very pretty but she's honey from the icebox, if you know what I mean. Cold sweets won't spread. Saul Bellow
She's very pretty but she's honey from the icebox, if you know what I mean. Cold sweets won't spread.
Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep. Saul Bellow
Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.
There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep. Saul Bellow
There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep.
You have to fight for your life. That's the chief condition on which you hold it. Saul Bellow
You have to fight for your life. That's the chief condition on which you hold it.
People don't realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature. Saul Bellow
People don't realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature.
I love solitude but I prize it most when company is available. Saul Bellow
I love solitude but I prize it most when company is available.