I don’t think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
BERNARD MALAMUDAs long as a man stays alive he can’t tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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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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First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to re-form it….
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Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.
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And if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer – he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity.
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Life is a tragedy full of joy.
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I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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No use fanning up hot coals when you have to walk across them.
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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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Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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For misery don’t blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.
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A man had to learn, it was his nature.
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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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The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.
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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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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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