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Famous Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
“When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.”
“A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.”
Source: Aspects of I.B. Singer
“When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.”
“Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.”
Source: A Certain Bridge: Isaac Bashevis Singer on Literature and Life
“We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.”
“A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story.”
Source: Lost in America