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.

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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LifeLiveWorldYouDiscretion

When people in stadiums do the Wave, it's the group-mind collective organism spontaneously organizing itself to express an emotion, pass time, and reflect the joy of seeing the rhythms of many as one, a visual rhyming or music in which everyone senses where the motion is going.

Jerry Saltz

MusicTimeJoyPeopleWaveSeeing

I think so many doors have been opened for the gay community as far as the dangers and horrors of HIV. There is so much more out-ness now.

John Benjamin Hickey

CommunityThinkDoorsGayNowMore

I like white wine when it's young and vigorous. I don't think you should cellar white wine at all, unless it's white Burgundy, and definitely not nonvintage Champagne.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

ThinkWineYouWhiteYoungLike

Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy.

Anna Julia Cooper

NothingNaturalUnworthyWholly

I've always been more inclined to go out to work than carry on with academic studies.

Michael Fassbender

WorkGoMoreAlwaysOutAcademic

I would like to think that in America, as time goes on, you gain freedom, not lose freedom.

Mary Steenburgen

FreedomTimeThinkAmericaYouLose

Connecting people to jobs and to each other is absolutely vital to a city's economy (and to the wider economy).

Lucy Powell

PeopleCityEconomyConnectingVital

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

Joseph Addison

BeautySoulNothingWayMoreThan

We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.

Douglas Alexander

StrengthThinkSecurityWantWithin

A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.

Delia Smith

GoodCakeYouToo MuchTestNeed

If you're an illegal alien in Prince William County, I'd get out.

Corey Stewart

YouAlienOutGetPrinceIllegal

People in the record business would say, Well, Pras, you know, you haven't been out in a while, maybe you should get today's hottest producer or rapper to do something.

Pras Michel

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