Quote by: Joyce Carol Oates

There should really not be anything gratuitous in a work of art. Sometimes what seems as if it's gratuitous may be a passage in which a character is being characterized so that the reader comes to know him or her better.


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Author Bio


  • NameJoyce Carol Oates
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • BornJune 16, 1938
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Poet; Novelist; Essayist; Autobiographer; Writer
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Humanities Medal; National Book Award; Humanist Of The Year