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

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

Topics: Genius Quotes, Insanity Quotes, Passion Quotes

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.

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

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

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

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...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

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

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

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for...

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

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.

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...

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,...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

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...

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...