Source: The Natural
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Famous Bernard Malamud Quotes
Source: The Fixer
Source: The Assistant
Source: The Assistant
Source: The Assistant
Source: The Assistant
“Era in balia di ogni soffio di vento, non possedeva nulla.”
Source: The Assistant
“I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.”
Source: The Natural: A Novel
Source: Conversations with Bernard Malamud
Source: The People: And Other Uncollected Fiction
“A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.”
Source: Conversations with Bernard Malamud
“The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime”
Source: The Stories of Bernard Malamud
Source: Conversations with Bernard Malamud
“Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.”
Source: The Natural: A Novel
“What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.”
Source: The Fixer: A Novel
Source: The Fixer
Source: The Stories of Bernard Malamud
Source: Dubin's Lives: A Novel
Source: Conversations with Bernard Malamud
“The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course”
Source: Dubin's Lives
Source: The New Life
“The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.”
Source: Dubin's Lives: A Novel
“We didn't starve but nobody ate chicken unless we were sick or the chicken was.”
“The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.”
Source: Conversations with Bernard Malamud
“I fix what's broken - except in the heart.”
Source: The Fixer
“A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.”
“There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them.”
Source: The Fixer
“We're persecuted in the most civilized languages.”
Source: The Fixer
“When I don't feel hurt, I hope they bury me.”
Source: The Assistant
“If your train's on the wrong track every station you come to is the wrong station.”
Source: Dubin's Lives: A Novel
Source: Dubin's Lives: A Novel