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When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.
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I used to think that getting old was about vanity—but actually it's about losing people you love.
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The only people who claim that money is not important are people who have enough money so that they are relieved of the ugly burden of thinking about it.
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Like all virtuous people he imagines he must speak the truth.
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When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity — but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.
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Whoever was stupid was beneath worry or thought; you did not have to figure them out. This eliminated hundreds of people. In this life you had time only for a certain amount of thinking, and there was no need to waste any of it on people who were not threatening.
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I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast any time'. So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance.
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Joyce Carol Oates
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June 16, 1938
(age 86)
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