From 2010: A rare look at author Philip Roth

[@indie8189]

God, I love Philip Roth so much. I can't, still can't believe they didn't give him a Nobel...

[@infectdiseaseepidemiology2599]

Antisrmitism, clealy.

[@lewisc215]

He didn't care.

[@long-shotlouie]

I think it's important to note that the Nobel Prize for Literature isn't simply given to the best writer. There's a famous clause; it's given to an author who has "produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction." I think this is probably the reason he was never given the prize.

[@MrMetacomet]

From Goodbye Columbus to Sabbath’s Theater he bared his soul. He showed you the window to your soul. I’m incredibly thankful Professor Roth. Thank you.

[@StudioSerious1]

1 page a day. But, damn, what a page. Every page written by this man is a national treasure.

[@joniheisenberg]

Absolutely! I adore his writing.

[@pattonjeffrey6]

A literary titan. R.I.P.

[@cohenkane2148]

I only just started. Post Mortem. He made a living out of this? Good.

[@pattonjeffrey6]

@@cohenkane2148 people used to be able to make money off of writing books

[@cohenkane2148]

@@pattonjeffrey6 I joke. What? This is the first book I've ever read? What is this Library place? I was in a mall.

[@TheJackhammer46]

This woman interviewing him is just terrible. He had amazing patience with her.

[@bernhardhakim8886]

The best writer !!

[@MAFion]

Could they choose an interviewer who read at least some of these books? Smh.

[@lewisc215]

A stupid ASSumption.

[@terryfriend16]

A man unto himself, with no opinions of others. How beautiful it must be to live life wealthy and unencumbered. Still, his writing was terrific, a great author. I shall miss him.

[@tadmartin3049]

I was really fascinated by his response to the question about God: "I'm afraid there isn't, no." That can be understood in several ways. I wonder which one he meant (or if he might have meant them all). I can think of at least two people I know who are sure there is no God but really wish there were. It's a very difficult and stoic position to take.

[@brainsareus]

Braver comes across as a silly little schoolgirl.

[@RMT192]

I love his answer about God, no I don't believe in God, show me the evidence crap - just "so you are saying there is no god?", "I'm afraid so, no". A man with nothing to lose will tell you the truth.

[@kevinmcgrath127]

Dylan was a sparkling interpreter of vignettes but Roth was of a mettalurgically dense writer of tomes

[@originoflogos]

“When the whole world doesn’t believe in God, it’ll be a great place.” Well said.

[@erniereyes1994]

On the contrary, that will be the worst thing to happen lol the world will become a Stalin communist state.

[@luvmegan]

I love Phillip. Share same views on god.

[@brainsareus]

atheism is as specious as conventional religion.

[@luvmegan]

Wrong answer penisareus. Atheism is as natural as gravity. Religion is man made to control action and thought.

[@luvmegan]

@@lancejohnson127 Lance, you don get it. Atheist do not say there is no god. They say there is NO proof. You prove there is a god. You say there is . Show the proof. Actually, squirrel bait, atheism is a lack of belief. Sorry.

[@EVALLOYD]

The first book I read of his was Portnoy's Complaint and that was back in 1972, have read a few more since and thankfully still have more to discover. I don't know who this Rita Braver is but how insulting of Sunday Morning to send a gossip columnist only interested in fishing out titbits to interview Philip Roth. His annoyance was visible.

[@inkyguy]

Linda, Rita Braver is not a gossip columnist. She's a journalist who covers national issues, culture, art, science and foreign policy.

[@plbeckman]

Why he hasn't won the Nobel is just disgraceful.

[@rituel5724]

Phillip Beckman Giving him the Nobel would have been disrespectful to him.

[@thomasd2444]

02:20 - I don't sleep

[@glendale6]

Wow. Did he die alone?

[@brainsareus]

No, the maggots had him for din-din. #FinalSupper

[@joaofernandes4769]

obviously, we all die alone even if surounded

[@billthestinker]

He died surrounded by people who loved him dearly

[@erniereyes1994]

@@joaofernandes4769at least 2 people die every second, so that’s not exactly true

[@thomasd2444]

06:23 -

[@thomasd2444]

08:00 -

[@___David___Savian]

Eight years later after this interview in 2018, Roth died of heart failure at the age of 85 still not believing in God.

[@katiatannus3146]

So what if he didn't believe in the sky daddy?

[@RMT192]

@@katiatannus3146 Sky daddy - that's a good one, I'll have to remember that.

[@holdmybeer]

hardcore atheist. lol

[@wvreeland]

Not a great interview

[@theelephant866]

Having read some of his books, to each of her questions there was a book he could write, I wonder why he chose to say only a few words. And about the ex wife question, bad color on him to say he "doesn't respond"

[@mackfarlainethebarenakedau5113]

If you say so, buddy.

[@bazingacurta2567]

What a ridiculous interview.

[@jpmahoney56]

What a sad lost human being.