Philip Roth
Oct. 14, 2010
“The ordeal is part of the commitment”
“I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the commitment.’ It’s one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable.” — Philip Roth
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Apr. 26, 2010
Portrait: Philip Roth
Photo: Philip Roth at his home in rural Connecticut, 2004. Photo by James Nachtwey.
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Oct. 28, 2009
Philip Roth on the novel’s “cultic” future
More clips from this interview here.
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Aug. 28, 2009
Philip Roth: “the desire to get the work right”
“I have to have something to do that engages me totally. Without that, life is hell for me. I can’t be idle and I don’t know what to do other than write. If I were afflicted with some illness that left me otherwise okay but stopped me writing, I’d go out of my mind. I [...]
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Jun. 27, 2009
How Writers Write: Philip Roth
Philip Roth discusses his writing process (video)
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Jun. 9, 2009
“The Lazarus Project” by Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon’s remarkable “The Lazarus Project” features a very Hemon-like protagonist. It is the book’s greatest strength and weakness.
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