There is in the darkness a unity, if you will, that cannot be achieved in any other environment, a blending of self with what the self perceives, and exquisite mystical experience.
BERNARD MALAMUDYou can’t eat language but it eases thirst.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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Nationality isn’t soul.
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You write by sitting down and writing. There’s no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature.
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Life is a tragedy full of joy.
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In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
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I don’t think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
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Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
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We’re persecuted in the most civilized languages.
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Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
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How one works, assuming he’s disciplined, doesn’t matter.
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As long as a man stays alive he can’t tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.
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All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something.
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Overnight business could go down enough to hurt; yet as a rule it slowly recovered-sometimes it seemed to take forever-went up, not high enough to be really up, only not down.
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Charity you can give even when you haven’t got.
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To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new.
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Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.
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