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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

10 quotes from 9 authors

If you’ve ever wondered how a novelist thinks about craft, these ten bite‑size quotes from Joyce Carol Oates give a quick pulse. From a wry take on revenge to a teacher’s tip about turning fragments into story material, the snippets feel like a brief workshop. Fans of this often enjoy pages on literary mentors or fiction.

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“Revenge is living well, without you. -Joyce Carol Oates”

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Paper is like Joyce Carol Oates: white.

Caryl Churchill

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Unless you're Stephen King or Joyce Carol Oates, no one's going to recognize you on the street, and you're promoting your book,…

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I love Joyce Carol Oates. I love Margaret Atwood, T.C. Boyle. Arthur Phillips is always consistent.

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When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me…

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In college, I discovered the Joyce Carol Oates short story 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' which is definitely one…

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I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in my senior year there, I…

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I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer.…

Joyce Carol Oates

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I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each…

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“I recommend readers to be adventurous and to try things they’ve never heard of or considered reading before. Get out of the…

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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