roth Quotes

“People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.”

“I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.”

“You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.”

“I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.”

“You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin.”

“Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.”

“I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction, obviously, but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best in my life, so if you're dating someone who doesn't want you to be the best person you can be, you shouldn't be dating them.”