Philip Roth is an American author who wrote the novel "Portnoy's Complaint". The novel is a comedic and controversial exploration of Jewish identity and sexuality, told through the perspective of the protagonist Alexander Portnoy. Roth is widely considered one of the most important and influential American writers of the 20th century, with numerous awards and accolades to his name.
I am the Raskolnikov of jerking off…
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
Life is a comedy written by a sadistic comedy writer.
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
Adulthood is a wonderful thing, and brief. You must be sure to enjoy it while it lasts.
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die!
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
She was so deeply embedded in my consciousness that for the first year of school I seem to have believed that each of my teachers was my mother in disguise.
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
Because that is just what life is, full of irreconcilable conflicts and false starts and botched efforts.
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
We are all of us born shouting out for attention, if we’re not born dead.
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
The pleasure isn’t in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint
Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride.
Philip Roth – Portnoy’s Complaint