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Joan Didion Quotes

The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past Picture Quote #1

I closed the box and put it in a closet. There is no real way to deal with everything we lose Picture Quote #1

What’s so hard about that first sentence is that you’re stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you’ve laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone Picture Quote #1

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember Picture Quote #1

I know what the fear is. The fear is not for what is lost. What is lost is already in the wall. What is lost is already behind the locked doors. The fear is for what is still to be lost Picture Quote #1

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were Picture Quote #1

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To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self Picture Quote #1

The last sentence in a piece is another adventure. It should open the piece up Picture Quote #1

Somehow writing has always seemed to me to have an element of performance Picture Quote #1

There was silence. Something real was happening: this was, as it were, her life. If she could keep that in mind she would be able to play it through, do the right thing, whatever that meant Picture Quote #1

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power Picture Quote #1

Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it Picture Quote #1

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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. Picture Quote #1

You had to feel the swell change. You had to go with the change. He told me that. No eye is on the sparrow but he did tell me that Picture Quote #1

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear Picture Quote #1

In Brentwood we had a big safe deposit box to put manuscripts in if we left town during fire season. It was such a big box that we never bothered to clean it out Picture Quote #1

Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends Picture Quote #1

Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing Picture Quote #1

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Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service Picture Quote #1

Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting Picture Quote #1

The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers Picture Quote #1

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs Picture Quote #1

When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm Picture Quote #1

Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs Picture Quote #1

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In the early years, you fight because you don't understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you do Picture Quote #1

Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other people's ability to do that Picture Quote #1

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is it's power Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of landscape I never would have described if I hadn’t been homesick. The impulse was nostalgia Picture Quote #1

The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past... Here is the last stop for all those who come from somewhere else, for all those who drifted away from the cold and the past and the old ways Picture Quote #1

I... have another cup of coffee with my mother. We get along very well, veterans of a guerrilla war we never understood Picture Quote #1

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The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past (Joan Didion Quotes) I closed the box and put it in a closet. There is no real way to deal with everything we lose (Joan Didion Quotes) What’s so hard about that first sentence is that you’re stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you’ve laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone (Joan Didion Quotes) Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember (Joan Didion Quotes) I know what the fear is. The fear is not for what is lost. What is lost is already in the wall. What is lost is already behind the locked doors. The fear is for what is still to be lost (Joan Didion Quotes) We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were (Joan Didion Quotes) To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self (Joan Didion Quotes) The last sentence in a piece is another adventure. It should open the piece up (Joan Didion Quotes) Somehow writing has always seemed to me to have an element of performance (Joan Didion Quotes) There was silence. Something real was happening: this was, as it were, her life. If she could keep that in mind she would be able to play it through, do the right thing, whatever that meant (Joan Didion Quotes) Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power (Joan Didion Quotes) Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it (Joan Didion Quotes) To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. (Joan Didion Quotes) You had to feel the swell change. You had to go with the change. He told me that. No eye is on the sparrow but he did tell me that (Joan Didion Quotes) I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear (Joan Didion Quotes) In Brentwood we had a big safe deposit box to put manuscripts in if we left town during fire season. It was such a big box that we never bothered to clean it out (Joan Didion Quotes) Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends (Joan Didion Quotes) Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing (Joan Didion Quotes) Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service (Joan Didion Quotes) Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting (Joan Didion Quotes) The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers (Joan Didion Quotes) The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs (Joan Didion Quotes) When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm (Joan Didion Quotes) Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs (Joan Didion Quotes) In the early years, you fight because you don't understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you do (Joan Didion Quotes) Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other people's ability to do that (Joan Didion Quotes) Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is it's power (Joan Didion Quotes) There’s a lot of landscape I never would have described if I hadn’t been homesick. The impulse was nostalgia (Joan Didion Quotes) The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past... Here is the last stop for all those who come from somewhere else, for all those who drifted away from the cold and the past and the old ways (Joan Didion Quotes) I... have another cup of coffee with my mother. We get along very well, veterans of a guerrilla war we never understood (Joan Didion Quotes)

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