Bernard Malamud's Quotes

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

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

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.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Every woman in America has a French dream in her head, especially a Parisian one.

Fashion responds to the economic climate by providing a way to lift a woman's spirits.

Fur is my default, my indulgence. All human beings and myself have a lot of defaults. Many indulgences.

I grew up in the Alps and France, and Barbie was my first exposure to the American woman. For me she was blonde, she was free and she was fun.

I knew from my youngest age I wanted to be a fashion designer. I was always draping fabric and working with color palettes.

Macrame is effortless.

When you love somebody, it's like in a couple - you want to create something. Sometimes, it's a baby.