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One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand.

Bernard Malamud

All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Accomplishment Littles People
I don’t think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Give Up Giving Thinking
Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.
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Back Children Games Love
If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
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Few Forget Jokes Remind
One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand.
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Apparteally Attempt Confusion Experience Time Uncontrolled
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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Book Firsts Ideas
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
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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Long Men Perseverance
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
Nationality isn’t soul.
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Nation Nationality Soul
The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.
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Baseball Mythology Quality
To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new.
BERNARD MALAMUD

Character Discipline Writing
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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Metaphor Sometimes Two
A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.
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Constructs Freedom Invent Men
The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud.
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Clay Experience Past
I fix what’s broken – except in the heart.
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Broken Expect Heart

One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand.

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One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand.

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