Henry Roth Professions : Novelist Born : February 8, 1906 Died : October 13, 1995 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Henry Roth Life is nothing but an occassional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief. Henry Roth rising laughter grief Detach the writer from the milieu where he has experienced his greatest sense of belonging, and you have created a discontinuity within his personality, a short circuit in his identity. The result is his originality, his creativity comes to an end. He becomes the one-book novelist or the one-trilogy writer. Henry Roth creativity personality book Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors