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. Philip Roth Decline 99
History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. Philip Roth History 82
Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding? Philip Roth Understanding 77
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a piece of liver. Philip Roth Fame 70
Undermining experience, embellishing experience, rearranging and enlarging experience into a species of mythology. Philip Roth Authors 68
Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts. Philip Roth Beauty 67
Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts. Philip Roth Imagination 63
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 Religion 63
Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when. Philip Roth Death 62
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 Religion 56
People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun. Philip Roth anger 54
People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun. Philip Roth Anger 47
A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant Philip Roth Anxiety 45
Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No. Philip Roth Hills 39
This is what you know about someone you have to hate he charges you with his crime and castigates himself in you. Philip Roth Hate 38
Its human to have a secret but its just as human to reveal it sooner or later. Philip Roth Secrets 35
All that we know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing. Philip Roth Uncategorized 34
The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress. Philip Roth Progress 31
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 Judging 28
In my childhood I led the life of a sage when I grew up I started climbing trees Philip Roth Childhood 28
You put too much stock in human intelligence it doesnt annihilate human nature. Philip Roth Human nature 27
Oh to be a center fielder a center fielder and nothing more Philip Roth Baseball 25

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