Philip Roth - Literature isn't a moral beauty ...

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

American Novelist

Born: Mar 19, 1933

Died: May 22, 2018

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Power, Beauty, Moral, Inspires, Arises, Counts, Audacity, Contest, Off, Authority, Literature, Which, Belief, Pulled

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