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

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

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

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

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

- Philip Roth

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.

- 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

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