Struggle Over, Philip Roth Reflects on Putting Down His Pen - NYTimes.com

Struggle Over, Philip Roth Reflects on Putting Down His Pen - NYTimes.com:

"But over the course of a three-hour interview — his last, he said — Mr. Roth seemed cheerful, relaxed and at peace with himself and his decision, which was first announced last month in the French magazine Les InRocks. He joked and reminisced, talked about writers and writing, and looked back at his career with apparent satisfaction and few regrets. Last spring he appointed Blake Bailey as his biographer and has been working closely with him ever since."