Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let other people speak... to travel... to experience the world. And memorialize it.

Joyce Carol Oates

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ExperienceTravelPeopleWorldThink

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

John Piper

GoodFutureGodHopeDarknessWait

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.

Amy Chua

WorkHard WorkExcellenceBlameYou

I believe innately in the human spirit being a powerful and positive thing. And that just comes out, whether you like it or not. It comes out in the writing.

Simon Beaufoy

PositiveWritingBelievePowerful

Only the best books are special. Why? Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us.

Michael Morpurgo

EyesBestSpecialWhyTouchOpen

Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work!

Lou Barletta

WorkGovernmentBigJust

When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening.

David Walliams

LightFoodYourselfYouComfortEat

I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe.

Christian Bale

FeelWantNeverSafePlaying

I have not thought too much about the psychology or life of the character Jonas in some time.

Corin Nemec

LifeCharacterTimeThoughtToo Much

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know.

Bob Geldof

HairThoughtYouKnowHoldWell

One of the triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement is that when you travel through the South today, you do not feel overwhelmed by a residue of grievance and hate.

Alice Walker

TodayHateTravelFeelYouMovement

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

William Hazlitt

TravelFoolManWiseBetterWorse

It's like, it's up to the people to fall in love with the song. The record company can only do so much.

Paul Westerberg

LovePeopleSongFallCompanyUp

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