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Bernard Malamud quotes

American Novelist April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986

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Overnight business could go down enough to hurt; yet as a rule it slowly recovered--sometimes it seemed to take forever--went up, not high enough to be really up, only not down. Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly."
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly. Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a..."
You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention. Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly..."
A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye. Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "Where to look if you've lost your mind?"
Where to look if you've lost your mind? Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "Teach yourself to work in uncertainty."
Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your..."
The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "Without heroes we're all plain people and don't know how far..."
Without heroes we're all plain people and don't know how far we can go. Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far..."
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go. Bernard Malamud
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying itself."(Interview, New York Post Magazine, September 14, 1958) Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "She is not for you. She is a wild one--wild, without shame...."
She is not for you. She is a wild one--wild, without shame. This is not a bride for a rabbi". Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing."
Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing. Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud quote: "What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering."
What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering. Bernard Malamud
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
Bernard Malamud quote: "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

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