Joyce Carol Oates : (3)

" It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence. " - Joyce Carol Oates

" We are stimulated to emotional response, not by works that confirm our sense of the world, but by works that challenge it. " - Joyce Carol Oates

" People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists into their lives, into their physical houses and sort of live with portions of them. But they’re not really deeply engaging with them. " - Joyce Carol Oates