Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer

Quotes

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

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

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

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

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

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

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

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

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

Similar Authors: