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

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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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.

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,...

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...

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

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...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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...

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...

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

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

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

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...

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...

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big...

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big...

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be...

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be...