I start a book and I want to make it perfect, want it to turn every color, want it to be the world. Ten pages in, I've already blown it, limited it, made it less, marred it. That's very discouraging. I hate the book at that point. Joan Didion blowbookcolor share on social
The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream. Joan Didion dreamlistenreader Change image and share on social
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 collegedeeplyirritate Change image and share on social
I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe. Joan Didion ordersensestrong Change image and share on social
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 childdefinitionextraterrestrial Change image and share on social
To believe in 'the greater good' is to operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension. Joan Didion ethicalgoodgreat Change image and share on social
