Not Even The Most Devastating Truth Can

Yet I Will Make You All Love Me And I Will Punish Myself To Spite Your Love.

"because There Has Been No One To Stop Me" Has Been One Of The Principles Of My Life.

There Is Something Thrilling In The Mimesis Of Life's Surprising Unfolding.

Obviously The Imagination Is Fueled By Emotions Beyond The Control Of The Conscious Mind.

I Don't Teach Literature From My Perspective As 'joyce Carol Oates.' I Try To Teach Fiction From The Perspective Of Each Writer. If I'm Teaching A Story By Hemingway, My Endeavor Is To Present The Story That Hemingway Wrote In Its Fullest Realization.