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Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding? - Philip Roth Quotes

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?

American Novelist Human

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 to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets / no, they're little gifts, containing meanings! - Philip Roth Quotes

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 to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets / no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!

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 Quotes

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.

American Novelist Fear

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when. - Philip Roth Quotes

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.

American Novelist

History ... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. - Philip Roth Quotes

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

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, let them decide what it is or it isn't. - Philip Roth Quotes

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, let them decide what it is or it isn't.

Together they are the Melville, Hawthorne, and Twain of the 20th century, - Philip Roth Quotes

Together they are the Melville, Hawthorne, and Twain of the 20th century,

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you -- it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists. - Philip Roth Quotes

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you -- it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it. - Philip Roth Quotes

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.

American Novelist

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old until they die - Philip Roth Quotes

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old until they die

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