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Would Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
- A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
- I am what would be called a 'mainstream feminist,' not a radical feminist.
- After my parents passed away - in 2000 and 2003 - I felt I could take the time to think about the past and imagine…
- 'A Fair Maiden' existed in notes and sketches for perhaps a year. When I traveled, I would take along with me my folder of notes…
- After my husband died, I could not write much - I could not concentrate. I was too exhausted most of the time even to contemplate…
- Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary…
- 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…
- 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…
- We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — 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
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be… — Julian Assange