574 Quotes by Saul Bellow

Let the enemies of life step down.

I seem to have the blind self-acceptance of the eccentric who can't conceive that his eccentricities are not clearly understood.

I’ve had all the monstrosity I want.

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.

It's not up to me ... to make the world consistent.

I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about the journalists; we can only hope that they will die off as the deerflies do towards the end of August.

... a fellow can't predict what he will pick up in the form of influence.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.