Philip Roth

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple.

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

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

Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.

I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.