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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes - Page 6

Anyone who teaches knows that you don't really experience a text until you've taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class.

Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Milazzo (1989). “Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates”, p.67, Univ. Press of Mississippi

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

Joyce Carol Oates (1989). “(Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities”, Plume

Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing.

Joyce Carol Oates (1989). “(Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities”, Plume

Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork.

Joyce Carol Oates (2009). “The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art”, p.12, Zondervan

Like all virtuous people he imagines he must speak the truth.

Joyce Carol Oates (1973). “Do with Me You Will”