I dont ask writers about their work habits. I really dont care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, theyre actually trying to find out, "Is he as crazy as I am?" I dont need that question answered.
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About Philip Roth

Philip Roth was a 20th-century American novelist. Philip Milton Roth was an American novelist and short-story writer. Roth's fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey—is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for philosophically and formally blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, for its "sensual, ingenious style" and for its provocative explorations of Jewish and American identity. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Humor — Witty observations and humorous takes on everyday life

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