“It's so heartbreaking, violence, when it's in a house-like seeing the clothes in a tree after an explosion. You may be prepared… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“... and I experienced the bitter helplessness of a taunted old man dying to be whole again.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
The hard part is, of course, the proximity of death. The number has no meaning as long as you're fit and healthy.… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Conflicting stories continue to circulate concerning the death of the President. A second White House announcement has now called attention to the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“If you're from New Jersey,” Nathan had said, “and you write thirty books, and you win the Nobel Prize, and you live… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“This kindly unjudging judgment of the Swede could well have been a new development in Jerry, compassion a few hours old. That… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“The old intergenerational give-and-take of the country-that-used-to-be, when everyone knew his role and took the rules dead seriously, the acculturating back-and-forth that all of… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
You be greater than your feelings. I don't demand this of you - life does. Otherwise you'll be washed away by feelings. You'll be… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
The only way to have a funeral is to invite everyone who ever knew the person and just wait for the accident to happen-somebody… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“There are no reasons. She is obliged to be as she is. We all are. Reasons are in books.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“As far as I can see there is no conquering or exorcising the past with words - words born either of imagination or forthrightness.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“What is astonishing is that we, who had no idea how anything was going to turn out, now know exactly what happened.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Good Christ, a Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy till they die!” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I am the Raskolnikov of jerking off – the sticky evidence is everywhere! — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Better for real things to be uncontrollable, better for one's life to be undecipherable and intellectually impenetrable than to attempt to make casual sense… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
