Boxing has become America's tragic theater.
From Joyce Carol Oates
The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.
The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.
The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.
Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.
Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own terms.
I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another.
A lot of widows feel that they have betrayed their spouse by continuing to live. It's deranged thinking. I know that, but that doesn't stop you feeling it.
As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people. At the bottom of every page, I'd put a strange scribble. I was emulating adult handwriting, though I didn't actually know how to write.
I probably spend 90% of my time revising what I've written.
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