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I Think Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
- I don't think that writer's block exists really. I think that when you're trying to do something prematurely, it just won't come. Certain subjects just…
- I don't think I'm morbid by nature. Serious writers have always written about serious subjects. Lighthearted material doesn't appeal to me, and I don't read…
- 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…
- 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...…
- 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…
- 'We Were the Mulvaneys' is perhaps the novel closest to my heart. I think of it as a valentine to a passing way of American…
- The written word, obviously, is very inward, and when we're reading, we're thinking. It's a sort of spiritual, meditative activity. When we're looking at visual…
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