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Write Quotes by Philip Roth
- I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and they're so smart,…
- I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn…
- I often have to write a hundred pages or more before there's a paragraph that's alive.
- What I have in mind when I start to write could fit inside an acorn-an acorn, moreover, that rarely if ever grows into an oak.…
- Don't judge it. Just write it. Don't judge it. It's not for you to judge it.
- I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing is…
- I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and turn it…
- Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism! You must achieve…
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