"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
Topic(s):
History
More From Joyce Carol Oates
- "Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost."
- "If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?"
- "Yes, I’ve listened to just a few audiobooks – but hope to listen to more. I’ve wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating."
More In History
- "The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!"― Dwight D. Eisenhower
- "Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history."― Arthur Henderson
- "History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security."― Phyllis Schlafly