Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. In running the mind flees with the body, the mysterious efflorescence of language seems to pulse in the brain, in rhythm with our feet and the swinging of our arms.


The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art (ed. Zondervan, 2009) - ISBN: 9780061742705

Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. In running the...

Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. In running the...

Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. In running the...

Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. In running the...