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

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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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...

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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,...

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...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people...

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people...