The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
BERNARD MALAMUDYou write by sitting down and writing. There’s no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime
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You see in others who you are.
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Life is a tragedy full of joy.
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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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The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
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Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.
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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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In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
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When I don’t feel hurt, I hope they bury me.
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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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There are no wrong books. What’s wrong is the fear of them.
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Charity you can give even when you haven’t got.
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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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A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.
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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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