If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.

Quote by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I...

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I...

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health...

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health...

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just...

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just...

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious...

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious...

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is...

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is...

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of...

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of...

I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story,...

I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story,...

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.

We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.

We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and...

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and...

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in...

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in...

The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds...

The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds...

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem...

Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy...

Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose...

Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...