More From Joyce Carol Oates
- "To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you’re not aware of that when you’re a child, the whole tradition is lost."
- "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."
- "Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind."
More In Religion
- "Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them."― Laurette Taylor
- "Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion."― Sri Chinmoy
- "You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion."― John Ruskin