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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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 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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

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...

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

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

By loving, the man becomes saint and thus he becomes Destiny!

By loving, the man becomes saint and thus he becomes Destiny!

Christmas--that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is...

Christmas--that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is...

For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and...

For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and...

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there...

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there...