Best quotes by Joyce Carol Oates on Life

Checkout quotes by Joyce Carol Oates on Life

• ‟ When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

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• ‟ Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most haunting of her life, though it is one-sided and ends in tragedy.

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• ‟ One writes to memorialize, and to bring to life again that which has been lost.

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• ‟ All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.

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• ‟ To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them.

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

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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.

  - Joyce Carol Oates