American - Novelist | November 21, 1902 - July 24, 1991
If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.
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The waste basket is the writer's best friend.
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