Space plus whatever you feel equals more whatever you feel, marvelous for happiness, God save you otherwise.
Bernard MalamudWe 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 Malamud