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Joan Didion Quotes

For however dutifully we record what we see around us, the common denominator of all we see is always, transparently, shamelessly, the implacable I Picture Quote #1

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels dance 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

It’s hard to find a book that’s safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places Picture Quote #1

I’ve come to a much more controlled idea about death and loss, but I don’t think it’s possible to come to that much more controlled idea until you’ve gone through the crazy part . . . I don’t mean that I’m controlled. I mean that I gave up the idea that I had control. That’s the new control Picture Quote #1

I can remember, when I was in college, irritating deeply somebody I was going out with, because he would ask me what I was thinking and I would say I was thinking nothing. And it was true Picture Quote #1

Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another Picture Quote #1

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I am an anthropologist who lost faith in her own method, who stopped believing that observable activity defined anthropos Picture Quote #1

Everybody who undergoes a death and finds themselves grieving is obsessed with the idea that they can’t display self-pity, they have to be strong. Actually there are a lot of reasons why you are going to feel sorry for yourself, but that’s your first concern 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

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

I don’t think anybody feels like they’re a good parent. Or if people think they’re good parents, they ought to think again 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

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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

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

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

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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

Hand that on parting squeezes your shoulder, salutes the small of your back Picture Quote #1

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

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

I never actually learned the rules of grammar, relying instead only on what sounded right Picture Quote #1

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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

There must be times when everybody writes when they feel they’re evading writing Picture Quote #1

My own fantasies of what life would be like at 24 tended to the more spectacular Picture Quote #1

I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction Picture Quote #1

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For however dutifully we record what we see around us, the common denominator of all we see is always, transparently, shamelessly, the implacable I. (Joan Didion Quotes) Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels dance 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) It’s hard to find a book that’s safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places. (Joan Didion Quotes) I’ve come to a much more controlled idea about death and loss, but I don’t think it’s possible to come to that much more controlled idea until you’ve gone through the crazy part . . . I don’t mean that I’m controlled. I mean that I gave up the idea that I had control. That’s the new control. (Joan Didion Quotes) I can remember, when I was in college, irritating deeply somebody I was going out with, because he would ask me what I was thinking and I would say I was thinking nothing. And it was true. (Joan Didion Quotes) Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another. (Joan Didion Quotes) I am an anthropologist who lost faith in her own method, who stopped believing that observable activity defined anthropos. (Joan Didion Quotes) Everybody who undergoes a death and finds themselves grieving is obsessed with the idea that they can’t display self-pity, they have to be strong. Actually there are a lot of reasons why you are going to feel sorry for yourself, but that’s your first concern. (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) 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) I don’t think anybody feels like they’re a good parent. Or if people think they’re good parents, they ought to think again. (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) 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) 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) Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it (Joan Didion Quotes) There’s a point when you go with what you’ve got. Or you don’t go (Joan Didion Quotes) I never actually learned the rules of grammar, relying instead only on what sounded right (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) There must be times when everybody writes when they feel they’re evading writing (Joan Didion Quotes) My own fantasies of what life would be like at 24 tended to the more spectacular (Joan Didion Quotes) I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction (Joan Didion Quotes)

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