If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space.

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

In love there are two things -- bodies and words.

In love there are two things -- bodies and words.

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there...

Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there...

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body...

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what...

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

It's like someone jammed an electric light bulb in your face, and busted it. I...

It's like someone jammed an electric light bulb in your face, and busted it. I...

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's...

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's...