Writers are notoriously unable to know about themselves. Faulkner thought ‘The Fable’ — Joyce Carol Oates
Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority — Joyce Carol Oates
Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority — Joyce Carol Oates
It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being — Joyce Carol Oates
Nothing is accidental in the universe – this is one of my laws of physics – except the entire universe itself — Joyce Carol Oates
One man’s insanity is another man’s genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in my insanity. — Joyce Carol Oates
When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life. — Joyce Carol Oates
If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing — Joyce Carol Oates