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The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Age: 87 †
Born: 1904
Born: July 14
Died: 1991
Died: July 24
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Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
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In the history of old Jewish literature there was never any basic difference between the poet and the prophet. Our ancient poetry often became law and a way of life.
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