Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Quote by Bernard Malamud

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A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after...

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after...

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to...

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to...

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

I for one believe that not enough has been made of the tragedy of the...

I for one believe that not enough has been made of the tragedy of the...

This is the way to kill a wife; with kindness.

This is the way to kill a wife; with kindness.

Guns are neat little things, aren't they? They can kill extraordinary people with very little...

Guns are neat little things, aren't they? They can kill extraordinary people with very little...

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird....

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird....

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black....

A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black....

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn...

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn...

I wanna talk to the black men in here, you know what I mean? Black...

I wanna talk to the black men in here, you know what I mean? Black...

Killing is practically a Filipino national pastime but on Mindanao it's an industry.

Killing is practically a Filipino national pastime but on Mindanao it's an industry.