Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos,...
We all survive more than we think we can. Joan Didion
We all survive more than we think we can.
We imagine things - that we wouldn't be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. We have no choice, so we do it. Joan Didion
We imagine things - that we wouldn't be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. We have no choice, so we do it.
New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself. Joan Didion
New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself.
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. Joan Didion
We tell ourselves stories in order to live.
You can throw a novel into focus with one overheard line. Joan Didion
You can throw a novel into focus with one overheard line.
I never think people are too careful with me. Joan Didion
I never think people are too careful with me.
My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies extruded from a metal press and pastel bonbons ordered from See's. Joan Didion
My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies extruded from a metal press and pastel bonbons ordered from See's.
It was clear, for example, in 1988 that the political process had already become perilously remote from the electorate it was meant to represent. Joan Didion
It was clear, for example, in 1988 that the political process had already become perilously remote from the electorate it was meant to represent.
In many ways, writing is the act of saying 'I,' of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying, 'Listen to me, see it my way, change your mind.' It's an aggressive, even a hostile act. Joan Didion
In many ways, writing is the act of saying 'I,' of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying, 'Listen to me, see it my way, change your mind.' It's an aggressive, even a hostile act.
To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension. Joan Didion
To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension.
To those of us who remained committed mainly to the exploration of moral distinctions and ambiguities, the feminist analysis may have seemed a particularly narrow and cracked determinism. Joan Didion
To those of us who remained committed mainly to the exploration of moral distinctions and ambiguities, the feminist analysis may have seemed a particularly narrow and cracked determinism.
The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time. Joan Didion
The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time.