If Shakespeare's great plays are variants of stories, even novels, you can see how each character is telling his story from his perspective; each is vying with the others for dominance, but in the end, in tragedy, most of these voices will die, to be replaced by the yet more vigorous voice of a younger generation.
Joyce Carol OatesIf I try to summon back his face, the sound of his voice, and the sensation in my stomach like a key turning in a lock when he touched me, I lose everything.
Joyce Carol OatesI have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing cardโฆand somehow the activity of writing changes everything.
Joyce Carol Oates