Philip Roth Quotes

You write differently in each book. It may appear to be similar to readers, but you're a different writer in each book because you haven't approached that subject before. And every subject brings out a different prose strain in you. Fundamentally, yes, you're contained as one writer. But you have various voices. Like a good actor.

Philip Roth

Quotes to Explore

There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.

Salma Hayek
No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.

Barbara Walters
- Think
- You
- Like
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.

Pat Barker
- World
- War
- First
I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and energy. And she deserves to be treated like a princess because that's how you should treat your girls. And if I can't give them that time and that devotion because of my dedication to football, then I don't feel like I should almost waste their time.

J. J. Watt
- Time
- Energy
- Like
The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.

Oliver North
- People
- American
- Strong
I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!

Taylor Lautner
- Fun
- Funny
- Myself