Today Terry Gross was interviewing Phillip Roth – author of Portnoy’s Complaint and Goodbye Columbus, among others. He’s just come out with a new book, called Everyman.
Roth was giving somewhat vague answers to her questions. The interview was sluggish. At one point, Gross asked Roth how it came to pass that his character had no name.
Roth said, “Do you want the truth?”
Gross said, “No. I want you to lie and make something up.”
Radio worth listening to!