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

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...

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...

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

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...

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

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

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

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...

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...

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.

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.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing,...

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing,...

They only made one mistake, they signed this fight.

They only made one mistake, they signed this fight.