Who is to blame for this most recent of sports disgraces in America? The culture that flings young athletes like Tyson up out of obscurity, makes millionaires of them and watches them self-destruct?
Joyce Carol OatesWe inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once itโs gone โ its value is incontestable.
Joyce Carol OatesThe ideal art, the noblest of art: working with the complexities of life, refusing to simplify, to "overcome" doubt.
Joyce Carol Oates... such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. you know the sun is there but you can't see a thing.
Joyce Carol Oates