"Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind." ― Joyce Carol Oates Topic(s): Imagination More From Joyce Carol Oates "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." "Boxing has become America’s tragic theater." "If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space." More In Imagination "Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning."― C. S. Lewis "The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure."― Ben Okri "I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator."― Joe Rogan