Bernard Malamud Quotes

I'm a creature of comfort.

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

Personally, I've never been attracted to danger. It's not my sort of thing. I am more attracted to pubs and cafes. The known, safe and comfortable world.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

To feel at home, stay at home.

I really like being home. I like being comfortable, and I'm not a very dramatic person.

Human beings desire comfort and familiarity.

But for the first time in many years, I get to sleep in my own bed every night. I haven't done that, literally, in years. It seems like such a small thing, but it is so nice.

What makes most people comfortable is some sort of sense of nostalgia. I grew up in a small town, and I could count my friends on one hand, and I still live that way. I think I'll die in a small town. When I can't move my bones around a stage any more, you'll find me living in a place that's spread out and rural and spacious.

My life is just great now. Normal. Vanilla.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

I love home. I'd rather be at home than anywhere else.

Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.

I don't like travelling. Which is ridiculous. And it's not because I'm afraid of dying on the plane or anything. I just like to stay at home.

I like my world to be calm.

I do quite a bit of traveling. But sometimes I just want to stay at home!

I feel like I've always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.

When mom is cooking, we are more in a routine. You can better relax when you go through things like you usually do. It is more comfortable.

I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.

I love my home comforts and I need to nest to feel grounded.

Seattle was good for me. I was very comfortable there - not comfortable in terms of it was too easy, but I was at home, I was with my family and friends. It was a great life. I was home. But I think, for me, when I get too comfortable with the lifestyle and everything, I feel that my performances, my focus can go down.

I'm a simple man; I like to stick to what I know.

I really enjoy spending time at home.

I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfortable.

London is my home... I know what's right and wrong here, and it's nice to have somewhere familiar to go back to.