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> [A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/a-life-of-writing-books-is-a-trying-adventure-in-which-you-cannot/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/there-s-no-remaking-reality-just-take-it-as-it-comes-hold-your-ground/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [The only way to have a funeral is to invite everyone who ever knew the person and just wait for the accident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/the-only-way-to-have-a-funeral-is-to-invite-everyone-who-ever-knew/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [I haven't written a word of fiction since 2009. I have no desire to write fiction. I did what I did and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/i-haven-t-written-a-word-of-fiction-since-2009-i-have-no-desire-to/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [I was gushing and I knew it. I surprised myself with my eagerness to please, felt myself saying too much, explaining too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/i-was-gushing-and-i-knew-it-i-surprised-myself-with-my-eagerness-to/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [Never in his life had occasion to ask himself, "Why are things the way they are?" Why should he bother, when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/never-in-his-life-had-occasion-to-ask-himself-why-are-things-the-way/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [That can happen when people die, the argument with them drops away and people so flawed while they were drawing breath that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/that-can-happen-when-people-die-the-argument-with-them-drops-away-and/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [We leave a stain, we leave a trail, we leave our imprint. Impurity, cruelty, abuse, error, excrement, semen - there’s no other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/we-leave-a-stain-we-leave-a-trail-we-leave-our-imprint-impurity/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [Turned the wrong way around, the relentless unforeseen was what we schoolchildren studied in "History", harmless history, where everything unexpected in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/turned-the-wrong-way-around-the-relentless-unforeseen-was-what-we/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [a father for whom everything is an unshakable duty, for whom there is a right way and a wrong way and nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/a-father-for-whom-everything-is-an-unshakable-duty-for-whom-there-is/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [You asked if I thought my fiction had changed anything in the culture and the answer is no. Sure, there's been some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/you-asked-if-i-thought-my-fiction-had-changed-anything-in-the-culture/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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## Other authors on Way

## More by Philip Roth

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/the-old-intergenerational-give-and-take-of-the-country-that-used-to/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/you-be-greater-than-your-feelings-i-don-t-demand-this-of-you-life/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [Nothing bad can happen to a writer. Everything is material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/nothing-bad-can-happen-to-a-writer-everything-is-material/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/the-only-way-to-have-a-funeral-is-to-invite-everyone-who-ever-knew/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/to-become-a-celebrity-is-to-become-a-brand-name-there-is-ivory-soap/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [“There are no reasons. She is obliged to be as she is. We all are. Reasons are in books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/there-are-no-reasons-she-is-obliged-to-be-as-she-is-we-all-are/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [“As far as I can see there is no conquering or exorcising the past with words - words born either of imagination or forthrightness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/as-far-as-i-can-see-there-is-no-conquering-or-exorcising-the-past/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [The book really comes to life in the rewriting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/the-book-really-comes-to-life-in-the-rewriting/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [“What is astonishing is that we, who had no idea how anything was going to turn out, now know exactly what happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/what-is-astonishing-is-that-we-who-had-no-idea-how-anything-was-going/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [“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!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/good-christ-a-jewish-man-with-parents-alive-is-a-fifteen-year-old-boy/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [I am the Raskolnikov of jerking off – the sticky evidence is everywhere!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/i-am-the-raskolnikov-of-jerking-off-the-sticky-evidence-is-everywhere/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/better-for-real-things-to-be-uncontrollable-better-for-one-s-life-to/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [“Doctor Spielvogel, it alleviates nothing fixing the blame - blaming is still ailing, of course, of course - but nonetheless, what was it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/doctor-spielvogel-it-alleviates-nothing-fixing-the-blame-blaming-is/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/my-god-the-english-language-is-a-form-of-communication-conversation/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

> [You asked if I thought my fiction had changed anything in the culture and the answer is no. Sure, there's been some scandal, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/you-asked-if-i-thought-my-fiction-had-changed-anything-in-the-culture/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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                        "text": "a father for whom everything is an unshakable duty, for whom there is a right way and a wrong way and nothing in between, a father whose compound of ambitions, biases, and beliefs is so unruffled by careful thinking that he isn’t as easy to escape from as he seems. Limited men with limitless energy; men quick to be friendly and quick to be fed up; men for whom the most serious thing in life is to keep going despite everything. And we were their sons. It was our job to love them.",
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