Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Quotes

As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.

As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.

- Joyce Carol Oates

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

- Joyce Carol Oates

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

- Joyce Carol Oates

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.

- Joyce Carol Oates

The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.

The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.

- Joyce Carol Oates

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

- Joyce Carol Oates

The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.

The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.

- Joyce Carol Oates

I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart.

I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart.

- Joyce Carol Oates

A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.

A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.

- Joyce Carol Oates

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