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Joan Didion Quotes

He was an outsider who lived by his ability to manipulate the inside Picture Quote #1

Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be Picture Quote #1

We write to discover what we think Picture Quote #1

Writers are only rarely likable Picture Quote #1

I don’t write for catharsis; I have to write to understand Picture Quote #1

I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one Picture Quote #1

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I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe Picture Quote #1

We all have the same dreams Picture Quote #1

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin, and you will be asked in return to never mind the angels, tell me who controls the production of pins 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

Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it Picture Quote #1

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image Picture Quote #1

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before? Picture Quote #1

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I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel Picture Quote #1

Call me the author Picture Quote #1

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth... Is potentially to have everything Picture Quote #1

Writers are always selling someone out Picture Quote #1

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it Picture Quote #1

I have not been the witness I wanted to be Picture Quote #1

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Hand that on parting squeezes your shoulder, salutes the small of your back 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

There’s a point when you go with what you’ve got. Or you don’t go Picture Quote #1

There is always a point in the writing of a piece when I sit in a room literally papered with false starts and cannot put one word after another and imagine that I have suffered a small stroke, leaving me apparently undamaged but actually aphasic Picture Quote #1

If you aren’t aware of the reader, you’re working in a vacuum Picture Quote #1

What you’re normally doing as a writer is trying to find the narrative Picture Quote #1

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He was an outsider who lived by his ability to manipulate the inside (Joan Didion Quotes) Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be (Joan Didion Quotes) We write to discover what we think (Joan Didion Quotes) Writers are only rarely likable (Joan Didion Quotes) I don’t write for catharsis; I have to write to understand (Joan Didion Quotes) I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one (Joan Didion Quotes) I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe (Joan Didion Quotes) We all have the same dreams (Joan Didion Quotes) Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin, and you will be asked in return to never mind the angels, tell me who controls the production of pins (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) Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it (Joan Didion Quotes) A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image (Joan Didion Quotes) Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before? (Joan Didion Quotes) I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel (Joan Didion Quotes) Call me the author (Joan Didion Quotes) To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth... Is potentially to have everything (Joan Didion Quotes) Writers are always selling someone out (Joan Didion Quotes) I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it (Joan Didion Quotes) I have not been the witness I wanted to be (Joan Didion Quotes) Hand that on parting squeezes your shoulder, salutes the small of your back (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) There’s a point when you go with what you’ve got. Or you don’t go (Joan Didion Quotes) There is always a point in the writing of a piece when I sit in a room literally papered with false starts and cannot put one word after another and imagine that I have suffered a small stroke, leaving me apparently undamaged but actually aphasic (Joan Didion Quotes) If you aren’t aware of the reader, you’re working in a vacuum (Joan Didion Quotes) What you’re normally doing as a writer is trying to find the narrative (Joan Didion Quotes)

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