Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Joyce Carol Oates
American writer
Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer. Since her first book appeared in 1963, she has published 58 novels, along with plays, novellas, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her work has received wide recognition. Her novel Them won the National Book Award in 1969, and Black Water, What I Lived For, Blonde, and the short story collection Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories were all finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has also received two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2019.
More from Joyce Carol Oates (203 quotes) →Keep reading Joyce Carol Oates
- “My parents were very proud of me. After they passed, my career doesn't mean as much to me.”Joyce Carol Oates
- “After my husband died, I could not write much - I could not concentrate. I was too exhausted most of the time…”Joyce Carol Oates
- “A mouth of no distinction but well practiced, before I entered my teens, in irony. For what is irony but the…”Joyce Carol Oates
- “Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's v…”Joyce Carol Oates
More Imagination quotes
- “It's in my head now. It's a memory. No camera could have captured what I saw and felt.”S.A. Tawks
- “I often wonder why people remake movies. Is there just a lack of imagination out there that they can't come u…”Michael Beck
- “Still, I was thinking that this was all wrong, despite feeling so nice, for once again one of my most sacred…”Andrew James Pritchard
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Joyce Carol Oates
My Sister, My Love
2008
Blonde
2000
I'll Take You There
2003
The Falls
2005
Zombie
1996