Quotes by : Bernard Malamud

Experience makes good people better." She was staring at the lake. "How does it do that?" "Through their....

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying itself.", September 14, 1958)

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

I fix what's broken - except in the heart.

It was a strange thing about people- they could look the same but be different.

I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all,....

They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for....

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying it

When I don't feel hurt, I hope they bury me.

If the stories come, you get them written, you're on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his....