Princeton is quite integrated. Women are professors at Princeton. Women are students at Princeton. That began in the 1970s. Joyce Carol Oates 1970sbeginintegrate Change image and share on social
For some reason, voters can be brainwashed, and they vote sometimes against their own best interests, let alone voting against the interests of people who need them, like people who are disenfranchised and people who are poor and so forth. Joyce Carol Oates brainwashdisenfranchiseinterest share on social
I can't say I was a very successful sorority girl. Joyce Carol Oates girlsororitysuccessful Change image and share on social
I am what would be called a 'mainstream feminist,' not a radical feminist. Joyce Carol Oates callfeministmainstream Change image and share on social
My students often say, 'My roommate read this story and really liked it,' and it's hard to convince them that there are things wrong with it. I say, 'Well, people who love you want you to be happy. But I'm your professor and I'm supposed to be teaching you something.' Joyce Carol Oates convincehappyhard share on social
My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating endings. The final ending is usually arrived at simply by intuition. Joyce Carol Oates arrivecontemplatedeal share on social
I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another. Joyce Carol Oates artconflictdirection Change image and share on social
Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but rather a calm, rational, even conversational voice. Joyce Carol Oates calmconversationalcriticism Change image and share on social
As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work - writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise. Joyce Carol Oates exercisegoodhard share on social
I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer. If I'm teaching a story by Hemingway, my endeavor is to present the story that Hemingway wrote in its fullest realization. Joyce Carol Oates carolendeavorfiction share on social
