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Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Bernard Malamud

Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live.
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Boring Live Mode Writing
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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People Stories Style
Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
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Book Inspire Life Resurrecting
I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
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Knowledge Littles Sometime
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.
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Courage Inspirational Inspiring
Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
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Sadness Tragedy Wine
For misery don’t blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.
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Blame Giving Misery
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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Diminishing Humanity Small Some Withdraw
If your train’s on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.
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Stations Track Train
I don’t think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
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Give Up Giving Thinking
Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.
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Change Ears World
Politics isn’t in my nature.
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Nature Politics Work
We’re persecuted in the most civilized languages.
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Civilized Language Persecuted
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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Accept Book Imperfect Uncertain Until
No use fanning up hot coals when you have to walk across them.
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Across Anger Coal Hot
What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.
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Suffering Taught Uselessness

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

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