Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

Quote by Philip Roth

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When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

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

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

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an...

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an...

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

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

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the...

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the...

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a...

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of...

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of...

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to...

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to...

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

The Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy and will remain a fifteen-year-old...

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the...

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

Until I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'

Until I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance,...

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance,...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor....

My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor....