(Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes. Bernard Malamud More Quotes by Bernard Malamud More Quotes From 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 You write by sitting down and writing. There's no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature. How one works, assuming he's disciplined, doesn't matter. Bernard Malamud sitting-down down-and writing It was all those biographies in me yelling, 'We want out. We want to tell you what we've done to you.' Bernard Malamud yelling done want In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams. Bernard Malamud dream 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 obstacles hurt forever Where to look if you've lost your mind? Bernard Malamud mind lost looks Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness. Bernard Malamud sadness wine tragedy You can't eat language but it eases thirst. Bernard Malamud thirst language ease I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought. Bernard Malamud afterthought language flower Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live. Bernard Malamud ifs writing One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride. Bernard Malamud funny-marriage fantasy return I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish. Bernard Malamud metaphor sometimes two We didn't starve but nobody ate chicken unless we were sick or the chicken was. Bernard Malamud poverty poor sick 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 diversity justice men Space plus whatever you feel equals more whatever you feel, marvelous for happiness, God save you otherwise. Bernard Malamud plus space happiness You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention. Bernard Malamud pity surprise men I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. 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, 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. Bernard Malamud confusion giving order What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering. Bernard Malamud uselessness taught suffering The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime Bernard Malamud pages self stories I fix what's broken - except in the heart. Bernard Malamud broken heart
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