If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

Quote by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

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...

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 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...

People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification...

People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification...

There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of...

There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of...

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or...

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or...

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...

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...

Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total...

Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total...

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good...

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good...

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

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

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

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

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions

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...

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum...

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum...

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

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,...