It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are.
Joyce Carol OatesThere is an hour when you realize: here is what you have been given. More than this, you won't receive. And what this is, what your life has come to, will be taken from you. In time.
Joyce Carol OatesArt is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal.
Joyce Carol Oates