Writing! The activity for which the only adequate bribe is the possibility of suicide, one day.
Joyce Carol OatesIt must happen to everyone. The last time you make love, you can't know it will be the last.
Joyce Carol OatesThe punishment – to the body, the brain, the spirit – a man must endure to become even a moderately good boxer is inconceivable to most of us whose idea of personal risk is largely ego-related or emotional.
Joyce Carol Oates