“When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.” Quote by Joyce Carol Oates
“Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.” IfsFeelingsPainWinningPsychologicalBoxingHittingParalysisFeeling Pain Book:On Boxing Source: On Boxing
“Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.” WritingIdeasEnoughTogetherNumbersNovel Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I can't say I was a very successful sorority girl.” I CanGirlSuccessfulSorority Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“You need so much energy and encouragement to write that if someone says something negative, some of that energy goes.” IfsNeedsWritingEnergyNegativeEncouragement Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“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 of every page, I'd put a strange scribble. I was emulating adult handwriting, though I didn't actually know how to write.” PeopleKnowsWritingChildrenAnimalKnow HowStrangeGrewGrew UpPagesAdultsBottomDrawingChickensFarmsHandwritingScribbles Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.” WonderfulSurpriseReviewsSympathetic Author: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.” PastErase Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.” WritingMatterLife IsReadingTiesFamily And FriendsWriting And ReadingForgingLove And FamilyTies Of Love Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.” ReligionLostBoxingCelebrationMasculinityBoxing ChampionsBoxing Motivational Book:On Boxing Source: On Boxing