Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) Polish-born American journalist, writer

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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. - Isaac Bashevis Singer


If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. - Isaac Bashevis Singer


The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it. - Isaac Bashevis Singer


Take three quarts of duck's milk. - Isaac Bashevis Singer


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


Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. - Isaac Bashevis Singer


The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique. - Isaac Bashevis Singer


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. - Isaac Bashevis Singer