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Bernard Malamud quotes: When I don't feel hurt, I hope they bury me. When I don't feel hurt, I hope they bury me.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Life, despite their frantic yoohooings, had passed them by. Life, despite their frantic yoohooings, had passed them by.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Without heroes we're all plain people and don't know how far we can go. Without heroes we're all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
Bernard Malamud quotes: (Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes. (Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.
Bernard Malamud quotes: The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
Bernard Malamud quotes: I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know. I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.
Bernard Malamud quotes: All men are Jews, though few men know it. All men are Jews, though few men know it.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Where a boy runs he never forgets. Where a boy runs he never forgets.
Bernard Malamud quotes: A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye. A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear. Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.
Bernard Malamud quotes: 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. 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.
Bernard Malamud quotes: There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them. There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them.
Bernard Malamud quotes: In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams. In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Where to look if you've lost your mind? Where to look if you've lost your mind?
Bernard Malamud quotes: 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. 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.
Bernard Malamud quotes: His blood changed to falling snow. His blood changed to falling snow.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game. 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 Malamud quotes: The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime
Bernard Malamud quotes: Politics isn't in my nature. Politics isn't in my nature.
Bernard Malamud quotes: A man had to learn, it was his nature. A man had to learn, it was his nature.
Bernard Malamud quotes: We have two lives ... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness. We have two lives ... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Charity you can give even when you haven't got. Charity you can give even when you haven't got.
Bernard Malamud quotes: I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own. I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing. Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
Bernard Malamud quotes: We're persecuted in the most civilized languages. We're persecuted in the most civilized languages.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Space plus whatever you feel equals more whatever you feel, marvelous for happiness, God save you otherwise. Space plus whatever you feel equals more whatever you feel, marvelous for happiness, God save you otherwise.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Since I can't be a professional on account of lack of education I wouldn't mind being wealthy. Since I can't be a professional on account of lack of education I wouldn't mind being wealthy.
Bernard Malamud quotes: The great thing about writing: Stay with it ... ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself. The great thing about writing: Stay with it ... ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself.
Bernard Malamud quotes: The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly. The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
Bernard Malamud quotes: 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. 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.
Bernard Malamud quotes: I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought. I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others. Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
Bernard Malamud quotes: What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering. What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.
Bernard Malamud quotes: We are all terribly alone no matter what people say. We are all terribly alone no matter what people say.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live. Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far it is we can go. Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far it is we can go.
Bernard Malamud quotes: It was all those biographies in me yelling, 'We want out. We want to tell you what we've done to you.' It was all those biographies in me yelling, 'We want out. We want to tell you what we've done to you.'
Bernard Malamud quotes: You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention. You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Life is a tragedy full of joy. Life is a tragedy full of joy.
Bernard Malamud quotes: For misery don't blame God. He gives the food but we cook it. For misery don't blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.
Bernard Malamud quotes: You see in others who you are. You see in others who you are.
Bernard Malamud quotes: There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to goif there are no doors or windowshe walks through a wall. 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.
Bernard Malamud quotes: If you don't hear His voice so let Him hear yours. When prayers go up blessings descend. If you don't hear His voice so let Him hear yours. When prayers go up blessings descend.
Bernard Malamud quotes: I fix what's broken - except in the heart. I fix what's broken - except in the heart.
Bernard Malamud quotes: His worst fault is he thinks his brains entitle him to certain privileges. His worst fault is he thinks his brains entitle him to certain privileges.
Bernard Malamud quotes: We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that. We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that.
Bernard Malamud quotes: She is not for you. She is a wild onewild, without shame. This is not a bride for a rabbi. She is not for you. She is a wild one
wild, without shame. This is not a bride for a rabbi.
Bernard Malamud quotes: It's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune. It's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.
Bernard Malamud quotes: We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers. We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.
Bernard Malamud quotes: If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you. If you ever forget you are a Jew a goy will remind you.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Who invented my life? Who invented my life?
Bernard Malamud quotes: Nobody lived in Eden anymore. Nobody lived in Eden anymore.
Bernard Malamud quotes: We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat. We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness. Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.
Bernard Malamud quotes: As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks. As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Completed, most lives were alike in stages of living-joys, celebrations, crises, illusions, losses, sorrows. Completed, most lives were alike in stages of living-joys, celebrations, crises, illusions, losses, sorrows.
Bernard Malamud quotes: One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride. One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.
Bernard Malamud quotes: It was a strange thing about people- they could look the same but be different. It was a strange thing about people- they could look the same but be different.
Bernard Malamud quotes: You can't eat language but it eases thirst. You can't eat language but it eases thirst.
Bernard Malamud quotes: 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. 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.
Bernard Malamud quotes: The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying itself.(Interview, New York Post Magazine, September 14, 1958) The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying itself.
(Interview, New York Post Magazine, September 14, 1958)
Bernard Malamud quotes: Write your heart out. Write your heart out.
Bernard Malamud quotes: All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something ... All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something ...
Bernard Malamud quotes: If your train's on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station. If your train's on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.
Bernard Malamud quotes: The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology. The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.
Bernard Malamud quotes: If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you. If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.
Bernard Malamud quotes: A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading. A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.
Bernard Malamud quotes: I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish. I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.
Bernard Malamud quotes: No use fanning up hot coals when you have to walk across them. No use fanning up hot coals when you have to walk across them.
Bernard Malamud quotes: They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for men. They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for men.
Bernard Malamud quotes: A man has to construct, invent, his freedom. A man has to construct, invent, his freedom.
Bernard Malamud quotes: Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are. Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
Bernard Malamud quotes: We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was
Bernard Malamud quotes: INTERVIEWER:What specific piece of advice would you give to young writers?MALAMUD:Write your heart out. INTERVIEWER:
What specific piece of advice would you give to young writers?

MALAMUD:
Write your heart out.
Bernard Malamud quotes: How can we be strangers if we both believe in God? How can we be strangers if we both believe in God?
Bernard Malamud quotes: I'm an American, I'm a Jew, and I write for all men. I'm an American, I'm a Jew, and I write for all men.

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