This is what you know about someone you have to hate: he charges you with his crime and castigates himself in you.
Philip RothI wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life.
Philip RothI do not say correct or savory. I do not say seemly or even natural. I say serious. Sensationally serious. Unspeakably serious. Solemnly, recklessly, blissfully serious.
Philip RothI think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on. But routinely when I finish a book, I think, "What will I do? Where will I get an idea?" And a kind of low-level panic sets in. And then eventually something happens. I don't know. If I knew how it happened I would repeat the process, but I don't know - something just occurs to me.
Philip Roth