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Pages Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
- Novels begin, not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming - In thinking, not writing.
- The novel is perhaps the highest art form because it so closely resembles life: it is about human relationships. It's technique, page by page, resembles…
- As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people. At the bottom…
- People might be surprised to know how much I throw away. For every page I publish, I throw 10 pages away.
- I always rewrite the very beginning of a novel. I rewrite the beginning as I write the ending, so I may spend part of morning…
- I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write a…
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