Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Polish Yiddish writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1978)

Lived from: 1902 - 1991

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagPoland

Born: 21 november 1902 Died: 24 july 1991

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  • A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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  • Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
    The New York Times (3 December 1978)
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  • I am a vegetarian for health reasons - the health of the chicken.
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  • If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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  • Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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  • Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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  • Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
    The New York Times (3 December 1978)
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  • Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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  • The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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  • The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
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  • The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.
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  • The waste basket is a writer's best friend.
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  • The waste basket is the writer's best friend.
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  • 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 say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do.
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  • We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
    Stories for Children (1984)
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  • What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
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  • When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.
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  • When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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What are the most famous quotes from Isaac Bashevis Singer?

The two most famous quotes from Isaac Bashevis Singer are:

  • "A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind."
  • "Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters."

When did Isaac Bashevis Singer live?

Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1902 and died in the year 1991.