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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Joyce Carol Oates quotes

American Novelist, Writer June 16, 1938

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Joyce Carol Oates quote: "I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time &..."
I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time & Space- who else? Joyce Carol Oates
The strangeness of Time. Not in its passing, which can seem infinite, like a tunnel whose end you can't see, whose beginning you've forgotten, but in the sudden realization that something finite, has passed, and is irretrievable. Joyce Carol Oates
. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the..."
Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Like most people, I can be very easily hurt."
Like most people, I can be very easily hurt. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "I probably spend 90% of my time revising what I've written."
I probably spend 90% of my time revising what I've written. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "the music was always in the background, like music at a church..."
the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Not what the mind sees, but what the mind imagines the eye..."
Not what the mind sees, but what the mind imagines the eye must see. Joyce Carol Oates
There was a Greek philosopher who taught that, of all things, not to have been born is the sweetest state. But I believe sleep is the sweetest state. You're dead, yet alive. There's no sensation so exquisite. Joyce Carol Oates
As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people. At the bottom of every page, I'd put a strange scribble. I was emulating adult handwriting, though I didn't actually know how to write. Joyce Carol Oates
No American sport or activity has been so consistently and so passionately under attack as boxing, for "moral" as we'll as other reasons. And no American sport evokes so ambivalent a response in its defenders: when asked the familiar question "How can you watch . . . ?" the boxing aficionado really has no answer. He can talk about boxing only with others like himself. Joyce Carol Oates
A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.' Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language."
We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Because we are linked by blood and blood is memory without..."
Because we are linked by blood and blood is memory without language. Joyce Carol Oates
The Playwright had long been fascinated by the strange mercurial personality of the Actor. What is "acting." and why do we respond to "great acting" as we do? We know that an actor is "acting" and yet - we wish to forget that an actor is "acting," and in the presence of talented actors we quickly do forget. This is a mystery, a riddle. How can we forget the actor "acts"? Is the actor "acting" on our behalf? Is the subtext of the actor's "acting" always and forever our own buried (and... Joyce Carol Oates

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