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Mark Twain was very unhappy with himself for various reasons. He was very unhappy with America of this time. He thought it was terrible we had no anti-lynching laws, and he was also a feminist, and he was also very concerned with anti-Semitism. He was a good man, but he was hard on himself.
— Joyce Carol Oates
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I'm drawn to failure. I feel like I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.
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A daydreamer is prepared for most things.
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I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let other people speak... to travel... to experience the world. And memorialize it.
— Joyce Carol Oates
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I would suggest the widow do things the husband used to do, so he seems to be there with you. You will feel like just going to bed. It's so wonderful, going to bed.
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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
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