Philip Roth Quotes

I think I write and publish as often as I do because I can't bear being without a book to work on... I don't feel I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell, but I know I want to be occupied with the writing process while I'm living.

Philip Roth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

Jim Harrison

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It is pretty clear that they are ineffective in stopping the course of thought at present, but they have not always been so in the past and we cannot be sure that they will not be so in the future.

John Desmond Bernal

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I like to know that my actors or my performers are going into it with the same amount of passion that I have for the project. They're as dedicated to achieving as I am.

Melina Matsoukas

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Those who own the country ought to govern it.

John Jay

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I first read 'An American Tragedy' in college, and in my entire life I had never read anything so painful.

Robert Gottlieb

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I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.

Russell Simmons

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Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that.

Monica Seles

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That's the one thing I have to say to females. If you don't have a certain look, or if you look a certain way, they won't accept you.

Loni Love

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I'm all about flannels and layers, so that's pretty much what I rock.

Josh Hutcherson

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It's possible the only thing I love more than working with Gabe Diani and Etta Devine is humiliating myself on film for all to see.

Janet Varney

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The restoration comes not only from the landscape and air, though they play their significant part, but from the people. I feel a strong need to be in New Hampshire for as much of the summer as I can manage it.

David Souter

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As long as we're winning football games, I'm happy.

Brock Osweiler

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