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Authors
Bernard Malamud
American
Novelist
About the author
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Life
There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Time
#Life
#Man
#Windows
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Idea
Life is a tragedy full of joy.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Life
#Tragedy
#Joy
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Love
#Work
#Flowers
#Language
A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Eye
#Writer
Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Writing
If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Forget
#Will
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#People
#Heroes
We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that.
Bernard Malamud,
American
Novelist
#Life