Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

Joyce Carol Oates

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.

Joyce Carol Oates

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.

Joyce Carol Oates

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Joyce Carol Oates

I was brought up to be sympathetic toward others.

Joyce Carol Oates

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Joyce Carol Oates