I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, "To hell with you." |
I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put together. We are so proud of our autonomy that we seldom if ever realize how generous we are to ourselves, and just how stingy with others. One of the booby traps of freedom—which is bordered on all sides by isolation—is that we think so well of ourselves. I now see that I have helped myself to the best cuts at life’s banquet. |
I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture |
I'm an American, Chicago born. |
I'm glad I haven't lived in vain. |
I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side. |
If I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog. |
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. |
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries |
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 |
No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection. |
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. |
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. |
reality comes from giving an account of yourself. (Augie March) |
She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand |