You can’t eat language but it eases thirst.
BERNARD MALAMUDCharity you can give even when you haven’t got.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud.
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If your train’s on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.
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You could not pity anything if you weren’t a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.
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How one works, assuming he’s disciplined, doesn’t matter.
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First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
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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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A man had to learn, it was his nature.
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All men are Jews, though few men know it.
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If the stories come, you get them written, you’re on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.
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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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You write by sitting down and writing. There’s no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature.
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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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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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Where to look if you’ve lost your mind?
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Charity you can give even when you haven’t got.
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