What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.
BERNARD MALAMUDFor misery don’t blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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We didn’t starve but nobody ate chicken unless we were sick or the chicken was.
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To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new.
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Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.
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Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.
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Life is a tragedy full of joy.
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A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.
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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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First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
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Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter.
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There comes a time in a man’s life when to get where he has to go – if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.
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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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Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
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How one works, assuming he’s disciplined, doesn’t matter.
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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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We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: “It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.
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