“It is important for me to discover the ideal title, for without this title the story or novel isn't quite in focus.” Quote by Joyce Carol Oates
“Only when you have completed a novel, or a story, can you return to the beginning and revise or rewrite.” StoriesNovelReturn Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“Though I revise constantly as I write, I will usually revise much of the work again after I've reached the ending.” Writing Author: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