In My Childhood I Led The Life

Fear Presides Over These Memories, A Perpetual Fear.of Course No Childhood Is Without Its Terrors, Yet I Wonder If I Would Have Been A Less Frightened Boy If Lindbergh Hadn't Been President Or If I Hadn't Been The Offspring Of Jews.

To Become A Celebrity Is To Become A Brand Name. There Is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, And Philip Roth. Ivory Is The Soap That Floats; Rice Krispies The Breakfast Cereal That Goes Snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth The Jew Who Masturbates With A Piece Of Liver.

Seeing Is Believing And Believing Is Knowing And Knowing Beats Unknowing And The Unknown.

The Pleasure Isn't In Owning The Person. The Pleasure Is This. Having Another Contender In The Room With You.

Literature Got Me Into This Mess And Literature Is Going To Have To Get Me Out Of It.