We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.
Bernard MalamudTo any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new. Even Matisse painted some of his Fauvist pictures in anxiety. Maybe that helped him to simplify. Character, discipline, negative capability count. Write, complete, revise. If it doesn't work, begin something else.
Bernard MalamudWe have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.
Bernard Malamud