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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.Joyce Carol Oates
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The ideal art, the noblest of art: working with the complexities of life, refusing to simplify, to "overcome" doubt.Joyce Carol Oates
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Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.Joyce Carol Oates