“ The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying itself.", September 14, 1958) Bernard Malamud
“ 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. Bernard Malamud
“ I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass… Bernard Malamud
“ Experience makes good people better." She was staring at the lake. "How does it do that?" "Through their suffering." "I had enough of that," he said in disgust. "We have two lives, Roy, the life we le… Bernard Malamud
“ They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for men. Bernard Malamud
