Quote of the day
When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get out by the sheer creative effort of God. Consequently he is in the right attitude to receive from God that which he cannot gain for himself.
Joyce Carol Oates
Born: June 16, 1938 (age 86)
Bio: Joyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over 40 novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
Known for:
- The Accursed (2013)
- Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (1979)
- Blonde (2000)
- The Falls (2004)
- Bellefleur (1980)
Joyce Carol Oates Quotes