Saul Bellow [1915 – 2005] ii
This is an odd moment in human history and much of modern thought is dead thought, repulsively and oppressively dead. The need now is for thinking that is so passionate it becomes vivid. I don’t blame people for not wanting to be bothered and if they’d rather have antics or copulation in the novel, well, the world’s so abundantly supplied with these things I can’t see why they’d object if I come up with something different. They’re welcome to their cakes. and if they’re willing to eat flat cakes and drink stale ale, there’s plenty around. But why should these people be affronted by a new kind of book?
Saul Bellow, interview 1982
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