• 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.

  Philip Roth
  American Novelist 1933-2018
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1. unfortunately
2. novelists
3. anyway
4. prefer
5. assure
6. easier

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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. by : Philip Roth

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