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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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...

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 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...

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,...

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.

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...

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 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.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

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

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

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...

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...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had...

On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had...

TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no...

TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no...