SAUL BELLOW QUOTES V

Canadian-American writer (1915-2005)


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You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

SAUL BELLOW
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Seize the Day


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Fitness was not his cup of tea. He treated his body like a vehicle -- a motorbike that he raced at top speed along the rim of the Grand Canyon.

SAUL BELLOW

Ravelstein


The earth is literally a mirror of thoughts. Objects themselves are embodied thoughts. Death is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything.

SAUL BELLOW

Mr. Sammler's Planet


You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

SAUL BELLOW

attributed, Something About the Author


We take foreigners to be incomplete Americans -- convinced that we must help and hasten their evolution.

SAUL BELLOW

"A Second Half Life,", It All Adds Up


A writer is a reader moved to emulation.

SAUL BELLOW

attributed, The Hidden Writer