As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work... →
Joyce Carol Oates
A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to... →
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... →
I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding... →
When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I complete that novel I return to the... →
It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but... →
Barack Obama
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health... →
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that... →