My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes austen bronte childless
Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics - except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity. Joyce Carol Oates accidentaccidentaldivinity Change image and share on social
I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart. Joyce Carol Oates fallhumorsense Change image and share on social
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 disingenuousfillhistory Change image and share on social
I usually feel like the role comes to you to sort of illuminate some piece of where you are in your life. I feel like I myself am a single woman and I'm childless - by choice - at this point, and I don't know what will happen. Sarah Paulson childlesschoicefeel share on social
Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. Julie Walters austendayextraordinary Change image and share on social
My mother was very, very critical of my early efforts. She was, like, 'At your age, the Brontes were doing X, Y, and Z.' Nell Zink agebrontecritical Change image and share on social
