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… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“I do not have to tell you there has been a disappointing retreat of progress in recent times, whatever it is we… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“There comes a time in a (wo)man's life when to get where (s)he has to -- if there are no doors or… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors… — 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
