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Letter "J" » Joyce Carol Oates Quotes
«Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.»
«Our house is made of glass . . . and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves.»
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«Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.»
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«Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.»
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«To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.»
«Boxing has become America's tragic theater.»
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«The Falls ... a story written with Shakespearean proportions, pitting the power of blood ties against the needs of the individual and the larger community.»
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«When I first began publishing, I was writing short stories and novels about subjects that only men were writing about -- violence and men's lives,»
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«I feel that in my novel I'm trying to re-address that imbalance and allow people to see that Norma Jeane was quite sensitive and intelligent, ... She read a great deal, she tried to write poetry. She was hoping to be a serious actress. But in a sense, it was too late because the American public just wanted the stereotype from her.»
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«Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.»
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