Philip Roth Quotes

Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.

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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LifeTalentMeWritingMy LifeDie

All I have to do is be me on stage. But acting, I have to be someone else, and walk how they would walk and blink how they would blink. I used to talk about it bad like, 'Aw man, that person made $10 million a movie?' But now I understand why they do. I get it now.

Jill Scott

WalkManMeSomeoneBadActing

I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about, and the rest of the time just live my life.

Jennifer Connelly

LifeWorkLiveTimeHappyRest

Don't worry about the room being messy! Everything can't be perfect - you have to let some things go, and it's better to actually sit down on the floor with your child than spend time worrying about having a perfect house.

Andie MacDowell

TimeChildBetterWorryYouPerfect

Even when I get dressed up to go out, I never use too much makeup.

Ana Ivanovic

MakeupToo MuchDressedGoNeverUp

I feel great, the prognosis is excellent.

Steven Cojocaru

GreatFeelExcellentI Feel

When I signed my first record deal, I brought it over to my lawyer to look over.

Soccer Mommy

LawyerLookFirstOverDealRecord

People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really hard.

Michelle Pfeiffer

PeopleMeYouMatterNestHard

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

LiveGodMenSpeakYouSaw

All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.

Johnny Weissmuller

ScoutVillageBoyOlympicGuysCamp

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.

Derek Walcott

GodMemoryBodyRememberingBamboo

Marry Prince William? I'd love that. Who wouldn't want to be a princess?

Britney Spears

LovePrincessWantWhoPrinceMarry

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out.

William Hurt

WomenMeNeedYearsOutRehearsal

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