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Philip Roth Quotes

To read a novel requires a certain amount of concentration, focus, devotion to the reading. If you read a novel in more than two weeks, you don't read the novel, really.

Philip Roth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 19, 1933 - May 22, 2018

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Focus Reading You Devotion More Two

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty - he didn't have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn't pay the rent.

Matthew Quick

Work Family Hard Work Morning Great

I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

Rosa Parks

Tired Citizen Being Like Treated

There's always someone who's going to interpret my material as racist, but it's not. Racism comes from intent and power. A racist will tell a joke about a group of people only when they're not in the room. I'll talk about a group of people only when they're in the room.

Russell Peters

Power Racism People Someone Group

It was a gift to get to play a gay role that was written in a three-dimensional, human way.

Matt Bomer

Gift Gay Play Way Human Role

We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there.

Judd Gregg

Change Successful Been Iraq Regime

If I could write rock & roll songs on purpose, I'd do it all the time. But most of what I write comes out slow and sad because that's most of what I listen to.

Jason Isbell

Sad Time Purpose Slow Rock Listen

I grew up on movie sets, I'm comfortable on sets. A movie set is like a circus. I don't understand why moviemaking has to be such an insane environment.

Jason Reitman

Environment Circus Why Understand Up

Just as I'm fortunate to pitch in the big leagues, I'm also fortunate for the time I get to spend outdoors.

Jon Lester

Time Outdoors Big Fortunate Get

I don't like to get scared - it's not one of the emotions I enjoy. So I have to assume that if there are scary things in my books, they aren't very scary.

Chris Van Allsburg

Enjoy Emotions Scary Scared Things

My mom was sort of involved in amateur dramatics like Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and played the violin. My dad played banjo and piano and sang as well, so there was all this music in my childhood.

Colm Wilkinson

Music Childhood Mom Violin Piano

I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes.

Bob Seger

Real Favorite He Much How Tom

I was clearly brought into the whole thing about acting by my mother. She loved the theater. She had a very pleasant singing voice, which she used to sing for her ladies' club.

Norman Lloyd

Mother Singing Voice Loved Acting