As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Some men are by nature explorers; my nature is to stay under the same moon and stars, and if the weather is… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
A man is an island in the only sense that matters, not an easy way to be. We live in mystery, a… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention. — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
It's one thing for a man not to know, not to have learned; it's another not to be able to live by… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
(Clothes) cannot change a man's nature. He's either kind or he isn't, with or without clothes. — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Ithink Isaid'All menare Jews excepttheydon't know it.'I doubt I expected anyone to take the statement literally. But I think it's an understandable… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Leo hurried up to bed and hid under the covers. Under the covers he thought his life through. Although he soon fell asleep he… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea,… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“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… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
The great thing about writing: Stay with it ... ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself. — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
