"The ideal art, the noblest of art: working with the complexities of life, refusing to simplify, to "overcome"doubt."
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Joyce Carol Oates, The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
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Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates, The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
"Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency,"or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth of life is its mystery."