PHILIP ROTH on SEX 

"Very sweet, pretty girl. Now dead." Classic Roth

"Nor would I have written home about it " *chuckles*

People are always amazed that Philip Roth wasn't some pervert. Almost as if they assumed Dostoevsky was a serial killer. It's called imagination, people . . .

He reminds me of Eric idle in a way. What an amazing human being and communicator

Roth is the definition of an artist. People are always assuming he's some perverted philanderer/Don Juan figure, when really, in his fiction he was just using his . . . wait for it . . . imagination. . . .

First :-) I haven't read P. Roth in a while!

Hold the personal attacks. I always separate the artist from the person. Do you ever listen to Michael Jackson's music, or appreciate a Caravaggio painting? And Roth never molested or killed anybody. For those who are open to his work, even if you've read some but perhaps only the best known works, I'd recommend Operation Shylock as a fantastic story and Sabbath's Theatre for a terrific character study.

An amazing novelist - Love the fact he paid homage to his hometown Newark in a lot of his work and left his work and part of his fortune to Newark Public Library. RIP ❤❤ one of New Jersey’s finest 🥰🌹🥀🤍🕯🕊🕊🤍

A great man

RIP! 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Haha, very nice

As close to mediocrity in "literature" as you can get.

Charming brilliant but toxic male.