Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.
BERNARD MALAMUDIn my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
More Bernard Malamud Quotes
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When I don’t feel hurt, I hope they bury me.
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If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
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It’s one thing for a man not to know, not to have learned; it’s another not to be able to live by what one does know.
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The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.
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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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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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First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
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One’s fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
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The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
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Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is wet, under the same roof. It’s a strange world, why make it stranger?
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I fix what’s broken – except in the heart.
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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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How one works, assuming he’s disciplined, doesn’t matter.
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All men are Jews, though few men know it.
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Where to look if you’ve lost your mind?
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