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> [There is in the darkness a unity, if you will, that cannot be achieved in any other environment, a blending of self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/there-is-in-the-darkness-a-unity-if-you-will-that-cannot-be-achieved/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

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> [Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/revision-is-one-of-the-exquisite-pleasures-of-writing/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/somewhere-i-put-it-this-way-first-drafts-are-for-learning-what-one-s/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

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## Other authors on Exquisite

## More by Bernard Malamud

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/writers-who-can-t-invent-stories-often-substitute-style-for-narrative/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/we-have-two-lives-the-life-we-learn-with-and-the-life-we-live-after/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [“Leo hurried up to bed and hid under the covers. Under the covers he thought his life through. Although he soon fell asleep he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/leo-hurried-up-to-bed-and-hid-under-the-covers-under-the-covers-he/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [You can't eat language but it eases thirst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/you-can-t-eat-language-but-it-eases-thirst/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/first-drafts-are-for-learning-what-your-novel-or-story-is-about/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [“I’m an American, I’m a Jew, and I write for all men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/i-m-an-american-i-m-a-jew-and-i-write-for-all-men/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [“Her face deeply moved him. Why, he could at first not say. It gave him the impression of youth--spring flowers, yet age--a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/her-face-deeply-moved-him-why-he-could-at-first-not-say-it-gave-him/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/i-am-somewhat-of-a-meliorist-that-is-to-say-i-act-as-an-optimist/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/teach-yourself-to-work-in-uncertainty/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/one-s-fantasy-goes-for-a-walk-and-returns-with-a-bride/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [The great thing about writing: Stay with it ... ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/the-great-thing-about-writing-stay-with-it-ultimately-you-teach/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/we-didn-t-starve-but-we-didn-t-eat-chicken-unless-we-were-sick-or-the/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/as-long-as-a-man-stays-alive-he-can-t-tell-what-chances-will-pop-up/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

> [“So sleep now, without fear for your life, and if you should ever manage to get out of prison, keep in mind that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/so-sleep-now-without-fear-for-your-life-and-if-you-should-ever-manage/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/children-were-strangers-you-loved-because-you-could-love-if-they-gave/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

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