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Somewhere I put it this way: first drafts are for learning what one’s fiction wants him to say. Revision works with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to reform it. Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud There are no wrong books. What’s wrong is the fear of them.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Messed up people even see the beauty in all the shitty places.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean