Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 11:59AM
Drew Wolfe

Bernard Malamud

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.

Where to look if you've lost your mind

We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.

Without heroes we're all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying itself.

What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them.

Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

If the stories come, you get them written, you're on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.


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