Philip Roth by Burton Silverman
"I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists." -PR, Deception
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Mark Twain by John White Alexander
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." -MT
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Henry James by Jacques-Emile Blanche
"We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art." -HJ, "The Middle Years"
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Jhumpa Lahiri by Raymond Elman
"After a crossing, the known shore becomes the opposite side: here becomes there." -JL, In Other Words
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When Joey hugs their pet chicken a little too enthusiastically, Chandler says, "Easy Lennie," a reference to Steinbeck's character in Of Mice and Men. Season 3 Episode 21 #BooksOnFriends#Books