Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a — Joyce Carol Oates
Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a — Joyce Carol Oates
Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a — Joyce Carol Oates
Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a — Joyce Carol Oates
Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a — Joyce Carol Oates
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Be daring, take on anything. Don’t labor over little cameo works in which every word is to be perfect. Technique holds a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.

— Joyce Carol Oates
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