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

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

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

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,...

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

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...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it