theparisreview: “I occasionally have an anti-Roth reader in mind. I think, ‘How he is going to hate this!’ That can be just the encouragement I need.” —Philip Roth, The Art of Fiction No. 84 [Sometimes I truly do not understand Philip Roth’s idea of literature. Granted there is a context here and I may be taking this quote out of its proper context, but he’s basically saying, “Let’s get the reader to hate this.” Way to go Roth, that’ll get ‘em reading your material. If that’s his encouragement to write, then he should not complain today that people do not read his material any longer. Just food for thought.]

theparisreview:

“I occasionally have an anti-Roth reader in mind. I think, ‘How he is going to hate this!’ That can be just the encouragement I need.”

—Philip Roth, The Art of Fiction No. 84

[Sometimes I truly do not understand Philip Roth’s idea of literature. Granted there is a context here and I may be taking this quote out of its proper context, but he’s basically saying, “Let’s get the reader to hate this.” Way to go Roth, that’ll get ‘em reading your material. If that’s his encouragement to write, then he should not complain today that people do not read his material any longer. Just food for thought.]

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