First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
BERNARD MALAMUDCharity you can give even when you haven’t got.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.
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We didn’t starve but nobody ate chicken unless we were sick or the chicken was.
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You can’t eat language but it eases thirst.
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Life is a tragedy full of joy.
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Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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How one works, assuming he’s disciplined, doesn’t matter.
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Where to look if you’ve lost your mind?
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Politics isn’t in my nature.
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In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
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I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist.
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One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.
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… it’s possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.
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No use fanning up hot coals when you have to walk across them.
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The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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