Author: Philip Roth

Quotes

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.

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

History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

- Philip Roth

As I see it, my focus has never been on masculine power rampant and triumphant but rather on the antithesis: masculine power impaired.

As I see it, my focus has never been on masculine power rampant and triumphant but rather on the antithesis: masculine power impaired.

- Philip Roth

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.

- Philip Roth

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

- Philip Roth

Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.

Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.

- Philip Roth

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

- Philip Roth

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