Best Joyce Carol Oates Thoughts
- I haven't any formal schedule, but I love to write in the morning, before breakfast. Sometimes the writing goes so smoothly that I don't take… Afternoon
- I haven't the faintest idea what my royalties are. I haven't the faintest idea how many copies of books sold, or how many books that… Book
- I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious as… Age
- I remember once asking Grandma about a book she was reading, a biography of Abraham Lincoln, and how she answered me: this was the first… Abraham
- I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of… All
- I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let other people speak...… Artist
- I think whenever we think of our hometowns, we tend to think of very specific people: with whom you rode on the school bus, who… Always Something
- I would suggest the widow do things the husband used to do, so he seems to be there with you. You will feel like just… Bed
- I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chronology. It's like groping along in… Along
- I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe, which I called a fictitious biography. That uses the… Baker
- I've always been interested in writing about people, including young children who are not able to speak for themselves. As in my novel 'Black Water,'… Able
- If a book I've committed myself to review turns out to be 'disappointing' I make an effort to present it objectively to the reader, including… Book
- If my favorite, most comfortable place is by our fireplace in cold weather, expedient places are on an airplane, in a waiting room or even… Airplane
- If you're living with a scientist, you see the world differently than you do with a humanist. It's in some ways very subtle, the differences… Differences
- Mark Twain was very unhappy with himself for various reasons. He was very unhappy with America of this time. He thought it was terrible we… America
- Most people think that a widow is inhabiting some elegiac world of - it's like Mozart's 'Requiem Mass.' You know, it's very beautiful and elevated… All
- My grandmother could never have written a memoir, so 'The Gravedigger's Daughter' is a homage to her life, and to the lives of other young… Articulated
- My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating endings.… Arrived
- My students often say, 'My roommate read this story and really liked it,' and it's hard to convince them that there are things wrong with… Convince
- My writing is often a way of 'bearing witness' for others who lack the education and the opportunity to tell their own stories, so I… Affected
- Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence. Aesthetic
- Often in gothic novels there's a large house, an estate, and it's symbolic of that culture. Usually it's sort of moldering or rotted or something,… Community
- People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists into their lives,… Artist
- People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often don't elect politicians, so the politicians who are supporting them… Billions
- Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most haunting… Black
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