The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.... -Bernard Malamud

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The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

Bernard Malamud , Novelist
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Bernard Malamud was an American novelist and short story writer. He was known for his works exploring themes of Jewish-American identity, morality, and human relationships.

Bernard Malamud Quotes to Explore

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go....
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....
We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that....
Life is a tragedy full of joy....
If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you....
Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing....
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are....
A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye....
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought....
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly....

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If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun....
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal....
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident....
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination....
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions....
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been o...
No sanction can stand against ignited minds....
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me....
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities....
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want....