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Quotes from Joyce Carol Oates interviews herself — Joyce Carol Oates

born 1938 United States

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My theory is that literature is essential to society in the way that dreams are essential to our lives.

Joyce Carol Oates interviews herself (2013)

I think that art is the commemoration of life in its variety.

Joyce Carol Oates interviews herself (2013)

We all have numerous identities that shift with circumstances. The writing self is likely to be a highly private, conjured sort of being — you would not find it in a grocery store.

Joyce Carol Oates interviews herself (2013)

The writer is a “somewhat mystical” — or do I mean “mythical”? — person.

Joyce Carol Oates interviews herself (2013)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joyce Carol Oates (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.