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Needs 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…
- If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly…
- Why the need, rising in some very nearly to the level of compulsion, to verify experience by way of language?-to scrupulously record and preserve the…
- You need so much energy and encouragement to write that if someone says something negative, some of that energy goes.
- For some reason, voters can be brainwashed, and they vote sometimes against their own best interests, let alone voting against the interests of people who…
- Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still…
- My self is all to me. I don't have any need of you.
More Needs Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
- Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. — Desi Arnaz