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One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand.

Bernard Malamud

All men are Jews, though few men know it.
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Jew Knows Men
A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.
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Reading Surprise Worth
The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.
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Freedom Others Purpose
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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Down Forever Hurt Obstacles Overnight
One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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Fantasy Funn Marriage Return
Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is wet, under the same roof. It’s a strange world, why make it stranger?
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Adventure Moon Stars
There comes a time in a man’s life when to get where he has to go – if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.
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Men Tattoo Walk Wall Window
What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.
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Suffering Taught Uselessness
The first draft of a book is the most uncertain-where you need guts, the ability to accept the imperfect until it is better.
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Accept Book Imperfect Uncertain Until
Somewhere I put it this way: first drafts are for learning what one’s fiction wants him to say. Revision works with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to reform it. Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
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Ideas Reform Revision Work Writing
Life is a tragedy full of joy.
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Follow Joy Life Your Heart
Writers who can’t invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn’t paint people, so he painted chairs.
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People Stories Style
Politics isn’t in my nature.
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Nature Politics Work
When I don’t feel hurt, I hope they bury me.
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Bury Feels Hope Hurt
Nationality isn’t soul.
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Nation Nationality Soul
Charity you can give even when you haven’t got.
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Charity Giving Havens

One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand.

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