Top 106 Quotes by Joan Didion

About Joan Didion

These are some quotes by American author Joan Didion Author, who was born on December 5, 1934.

I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe.

I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe.

Joan Didion

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

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

I wrote stories from the time I was a little girl, but I didn't want to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress. I didn't realize then that it's the same impulse. It's make-believe. It's performance.

I wrote stories from the time I was a little girl, but I didn't want to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress. I didn't realize then that it's the same impulse. It's make-believe. It's performance.

Joan Didion

To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension.

To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension.

Joan Didion

Memories are what you no longer want to remember.

Memories are what you no longer want to remember.

Joan Didion

Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.

Joan Didion

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