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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Writers are notoriously unable to know about themselves. Faulkner thought 'The Fable' was his best novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald liked 'Tender Is the Night,' an experimental novel.

Joyce Carol Oates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 16, 1938

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Best Night Thought Know Tender His

We should bring in an environmental attitude, and I think luxury should automatically be about sustainability and quality.

Jochen Zeitz

Attitude Quality Environmental Think

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

Jessica Lange

Family Mother Home Me Nothing Over

I went to theater school at Northwestern, and I was quite conservative. Reagan at the time seemed quite revolutionary, or at least a rock star: He was radical and kind of punk rock.

John Cameron Mitchell

Time School Rock Star Kind Rock

Not that I wouldn't have been equally happy to see the old buddies and see it all start up again that way. But this was more of a work situation, and a very good one.

Andreas Katsulas

Work Good Happy Start Situation Way

Not everyone is born to run a $4 billion company. There is no magic formula. I've learned, and I've grown by learning. That's why I've enjoyed being in business so much: It's stretched me.

John Mackey

Learning Business Me Magic Born Run

Ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. I love to draw and paint; I do ceramics and photography. I'm interested in a lot of creative stuff.

Jeff Bridges

Love Dance Creative Photography

For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart.

Amanda Hocking

People Me Need Wal-Mart Buying

My greatest surprise was that so much of what we think is common sense is just prejudice, and so much of what we think is scientific fact is about as scientific as the idea that the sun revolves around the earth.

Amy Bloom

Sun Think Surprise Common Sense Just

A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.

Slash

Character Always Over Years Up Some

The only thing worse than being in the Hall of Fame is not being in the Hall of Fame.

Tom Waits

Fame Being Only Worse Than Thing

I have one room dedicated to just meditation.

Michelle Phan

Meditation Room Just Dedicated

There are so many American experiences that we can't know about unless we venture out to create a dialogue, to observe, ask questions, and stay there for a while.

Debra Granik

American Questions Create Know Ask