Roth Test

Famous quotes containing the words roth and/or test:

“When you publish a book, it’s the world’s book. The world edits it.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)

“We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value—a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)