Quote 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.

— 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.

— 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…

— Bernard Malamud

You can't eat language but it eases thirst.

— 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,…

— Bernard Malamud

“I’m an American, I’m a Jew, and I write for all men.”

— 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…

— 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…

— Bernard Malamud

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

— Bernard Malamud

One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.

— Bernard Malamud

The great thing about writing: Stay with it ... ultimately you teach yourself something very important about yourself.

— Bernard Malamud

We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was

— Bernard Malamud