Joyce Carol Oates Quote

Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.


(Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities (ed. Plume, 1989)


Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.

Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.

Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.

Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.