All Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
- There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I… All
- I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in. Appointed
- As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour towards creatures, all men… All
- In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a… All
- There are 500 reasons I write for children.... Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics.... They don't read to… Adults
- What do these children do without storybooks?" Naftali asked. And Reb Zebulun replied: "They have to make do. Storybooks aren't bread. You can live without… Asked
- In the half darkness I winked to my other self, my mad dictator, and congratulated him on his droll victory. I closed my eyes and… Closed
- Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction,… All
- Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark Dark
- What do they know-all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world - about such as you? They have convinced themselves that… All
- What a strange power there is in clothing. Clothing
- To be a vegetarian is to disagree - to disagree with the course of things today... starvation, cruelty - we must make a statement against… Animal Rights
- We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we… All
- No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world. Doubt
- Children have no use for psychology. They detest sociology. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other… Adults
- When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins. Begins
- When a human kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend… Accept
- If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. Bad
- We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice. Believe
- The wastebasket is a writer's best friend. Best