“Though I revise constantly as I write, I will usually revise much of the work again after I've reached the ending.” Quote by Joyce Carol Oates
“Each genre exerts a considerable spell, as a kind of "form" to be filled, as a Shakespearean sonnet is filled.” KindFormFilledGenreSpellsSonnet Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I rarely write in my own voice except in book reviews and memoirs; otherwise, I am writing in mediated voices, modulated in terms of the characters whom the voices express.” WritingBookCharacterVoiceTermMy OwnMemoirReviewsBook Review Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“To choose the ideal voice for a character is to give a character an ardent and vivid life, to allow him or her to speak, rather than speaking for them, in an older style of omniscient narration.” GivingCharacterSpeakVoiceStyleIdealsVividArdentOmniscientNarration Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“If Shakespeare's great plays are variants of stories, even novels, you can see how each character is telling his story from his perspective; each is vying with the others for dominance, but in the end, in tragedy, most of these voices will die, to be replaced by the yet more vigorous voice of a younger generation.” IfsEndsPlayCharacterStoriesDiesVoiceNovelGenerationsPerspectiveTragedyReplacedVigorousDominanceYounger Generation Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“Shakespeare would seem to have been a person for whom the human voice/personality in all its splendid idiosyncrasy was absolutely enthralling.” HumansPersonsHas BeensSeemsVoicePersonalitySplendidHuman VoiceIdiosyncrasies Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right.” MadeStillsCommunityDiscriminationAfrican American Author:Donald Trump
“I promise you, I'm fake sometimes, but other times I'm like, dude sit down.” SometimesPromiseFakeI Promise Author:Terry Crews
“You have this world of mathematics, which is very real and which contains all kinds of wonderful stuff. And then we also have the world of nature, which is real, too.” WorldKindRealStuffWonderfulThis WorldMathematicsAll Kinds Author:Freeman Dyson