“Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and the...” — Joyce Carol Oates Quote

“Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves.”

“Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.”

“The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.”

“I mean, I always just ignored the glass ceilings and didn't let gender get in my own way, which I think was very important to how people perceived me.”

“They don't know they're living in a glass house.”

“When you do a really good play, the audience and the performers are looking into the same looking glass, the same microscope. And the specimen they are looking at is human life and that's why I do it, that's why I like it.”