A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes crazy drive poison
I needed my life as a springboard for my fiction. I have to have something solid under my feet when I write. I'm not a fantasist. I bounce up and down on the diving board, and I go into the water of fiction. But I've got to begin in life so I can pump life into it throughout. Philip Roth beginboardbounce share on social
I'm not angry; I write about angry characters. When I'm doing that, I'm happy. Just like when I'm writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I'm not feeling lustful; I'm happy. Philip Roth angrycharacterfelt Change image and share on social
Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding? Philip Roth humanintelligentlarge Change image and share on social
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization. Fredric Jameson americanclotheculture share on social
The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself. James Madison blessingeffectinternal Change image and share on social
