Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively.
Joyce Carol OatesStrange: how when a light is extinguished, it's immediately as if it has never been. Darkness fills in again, complete.
Joyce Carol OatesDetroit, my 'great' subject, made me the person I am, consequently the writer I am - for better or worse.
Joyce Carol OatesI would suggest the widow do things the husband used to do, so he seems to be there with you. You will feel like just going to bed. It's so wonderful, going to bed.
Joyce Carol Oates