The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
BERNARD MALAMUDHow one works, assuming he’s disciplined, doesn’t matter.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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Bonnie Raitt
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Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
BERNARD MALAMUDThose who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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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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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?
BERNARD MALAMUDSome 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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There are no wrong books. What’s wrong is the fear of them.
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Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
BERNARD MALAMUDComedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
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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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I don’t think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
BERNARD MALAMUDI don’t think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
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Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
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The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime
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The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
BERNARD MALAMUDThe wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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Bobby Fischer
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We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.
BERNARD MALAMUDWe have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.
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If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
BERNARD MALAMUDIf you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
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Space plus whatever you feel equals more whatever you feel, marvelous for happiness, God save you otherwise.
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