More from Isaac Bashevis Singer

  1. The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual -…
  2. There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would …
  3. The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.
  4. There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
  5. The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
  6. We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
  7. The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
  8. What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

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