Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off the belief it inspires is what counts.

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Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off the belief it inspires is what counts.

- Philip Roth

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A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision but believe me, after six months’ experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

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I don’t understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.

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You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.

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Unjust. How many times I’ve used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don’t have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.

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A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision but believe me, after six months’ experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

I don’t understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.

You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.

Unjust. How many times I’ve used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don’t have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.