And what is 'art'? - a firestorm rushing through Time, arising from no visible source and conforming to no principles of logic or causality.
Joyce Carol OatesAnd Iām drawn to failure. I often write about it, and Iām sympathetic with it, I think, because I feel Iām contending with it constantly in my own life.
Joyce Carol OatesI write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so much more calming than my husband.
Joyce Carol Oates