All Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
- Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life. Discovered
- When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. Betray
- Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. All
- I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens. Chickens
- People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should… According
- The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique. Art
- Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. Art
- Life is God's novel. Let him write it. God
- For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store. Effort
- If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. Bad
- The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins… Actually Without
- A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises. Delight
- I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day. Course
- Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. Man
- When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer. Boy
- Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions. Conviction
- A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. Good
- Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. Brainy
- There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than… Animal
- The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. Analysis
- If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments. Been
- What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. Animal
- The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it. Conscience
- The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop. Century
- The waste basket is the writer's best friend. Basket