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Philip Roth Quotes: "I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists."

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.



Philip Roth Quotes: "You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you."

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.




Philip Roth Quotes: "He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense."

He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre."

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.




Philip Roth Quotes: "The horror of being caged has lost its thrill."

The horror of being caged has lost its thrill.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise."

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.



Philip Roth Quotes: "I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the commitment.’ It’s one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable."

I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the commitment.’ It’s one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable.




Philip Roth Quotes: "When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place."

When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game."

Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.



Philip Roth Quotes: "It's best to give while your hand is still warm."

It's best to give while your hand is still warm.



Philip Roth Quotes: "The danger with hatred is, once you start in on it, you get a hundred times more than you bargained for. Once you start, you can't stop."

The danger with hatred is, once you start in on it, you get a hundred times more than you bargained for. Once you start, you can't stop.



Philip Roth Quotes: "You tasted it. Isn't that enough? Of what do you ever get more than a taste? That's all we're given in life, that's all we're given of life. A taste. There is no more."

You tasted it. Isn't that enough? Of what do you ever get more than a taste? That's all we're given in life, that's all we're given of life. A taste. There is no more.




Philip Roth Quotes: "All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing."

All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride. But if you can do that -- well, lucky you."

Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride. But if you can do that -- well, lucky you.



Philip Roth Quotes: "It’s amazing what lies people can sustain behind the mask of their real faces."

It’s amazing what lies people can sustain behind the mask of their real faces.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?"

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?



Philip Roth Quotes: "Nothing bad can happen to a writer. Everything is material."

Nothing bad can happen to a writer. Everything is material.



Philip Roth Quotes: "When I was a child... I was watching a snowstorm, and hopefully asked, 'Momma, do we believe in winter?'"

When I was a child... I was watching a snowstorm, and hopefully asked, 'Momma, do we believe in winter?'



Philip Roth Quotes: "Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an enigmatic thing."

Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an enigmatic thing.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war."

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.



Philip Roth Quotes: "There are no uncontaminated angels"

There are no uncontaminated angels



Philip Roth Quotes: "Satire is moral outrage transformed into comic art."

Satire is moral outrage transformed into comic art.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends."

Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends.



Philip Roth Quotes: "The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you."

The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up."

Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up.



Philip Roth Quotes: "People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun."

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.



Philip Roth Quotes: "You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you."

You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Seeing is believing and believing is knowing and knowing beats unknowing and the unknown."

Seeing is believing and believing is knowing and knowing beats unknowing and the unknown.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on."

Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Everyone becomes a part of history whether they like it or not and whether they know it or not."

Everyone becomes a part of history whether they like it or not and whether they know it or not.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts."

Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Dreams? If only they had been! But I don't need dreams, Doctor, that's why I hardly have them—because I have this life instead. With me it all happens in broad daylight!"

Dreams? If only they had been! But I don't need dreams, Doctor, that's why I hardly have them—because I have this life instead. With me it all happens in broad daylight!



Philip Roth Quotes: "There's something every woman wants, and that's a man to blame."

There's something every woman wants, and that's a man to blame.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive."

Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.



Philip Roth Quotes: "You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature."

You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature.



Philip Roth Quotes: "A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die!"

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die!



Philip Roth Quotes: "Too late, but I understand. That we don't perish of understanding everything too late, that is a miracle. But we do perish of that -- of just that."

Too late, but I understand. That we don't perish of understanding everything too late, that is a miracle. But we do perish of that -- of just that.



Philip Roth Quotes: "A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your way."

A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your way.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Don't judge it. Just write it. Don't judge it. It's not for you to judge it."

Don't judge it. Just write it. Don't judge it. It's not for you to judge it.



Philip Roth Quotes: "A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple."

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple.



Philip Roth Quotes: "I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing is frustration - it's daily frustration, not to mention humiliation."

I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing is frustration - it's daily frustration, not to mention humiliation.



Philip Roth Quotes: "It's amazing how much punishment we can take."

It's amazing how much punishment we can take.



Philip Roth Quotes: "There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way."

There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way.



Philip Roth Quotes: "How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard."

How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline."

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.



Philip Roth Quotes: "This is what you know about someone you have to hate: he charges you with his crime and castigates himself in you."

This is what you know about someone you have to hate: he charges you with his crime and castigates himself in you.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind."

Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.



Philip Roth Quotes: "You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility."

You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility.



Philip Roth Quotes: "Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when."

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.