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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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