People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often don't elect politicians, so the politicians who are supporting them are really being very charitable, because they're not going to give them billions of dollars in campaign funds.
Joyce Carol OatesEach genre exerts a considerable spell, as a kind of "form" to be filled, as a Shakespearean sonnet is filled.
Joyce Carol OatesAll that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.
Joyce Carol Oates