As a teacher at Princeton, Im surrounded by people who work hard s

As a teacher at Princeton, Im surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I dont really think of it as work – writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise. – Joyce Carol Oates

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