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

Bernard Malamud

There are no wrong books. What’s wrong is the fear of them.
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Book Fixers Wrong
A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.
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Reading Surprise Worth
We didn’t starve but nobody ate chicken unless we were sick or the chicken was.
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Poor Poverty Sick
The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.
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Freedom Others Purpose
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
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Afterthought Flower Language
Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.
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Change Ears World
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
(Clothes) cannot change a man’s nature. He’s either kind or he isn’t, with or without clothes.
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Clothes Kind Men
To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new.
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Character Discipline Writing
I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
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Knowledge Littles Sometime
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
The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime
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Pages Self Stories
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
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Who You Are Writing
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
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Ideas Moving Writing
If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
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Few Forget Jokes Remind
How one works, assuming he’s disciplined, doesn’t matter.
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Assuming Discipline Matter Works

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

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