Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
BERNARD MALAMUDComedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.
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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.
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Nationality isn’t soul.
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We can’t all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.
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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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I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
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Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
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How one works, assuming he’s disciplined, doesn’t matter.
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I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.
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I fix what’s broken – except in the heart.
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The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was.Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.
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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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