"When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"The wastebasket is a writer’s best friend. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual – when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions – it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"We have to believe in free-will. We’ve got no choice. " ~~ 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 analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"Life is God’s novel so let him write it." ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer