Joan Didion Quotes

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing.

Joan Didion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 5, 1934

Topics

ResearchWritingYouDownGoMatter

I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling. I really have no time for that worm at all.

Jim Bolger

TimeThinkYouTargetMeanAnswers

One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible.

John Badham

TodayDayImpossibleThinkingYou

As a working mom, you're running around all the time, and you're trying to figure out what can my kid eat that's healthy because, I guess, I'm 'supposed to do that.'

Anna Faris

TimeMomTryingYouHealthyKid

I'll do a little prayer here and there if I feel the need to.

Jeff Gordon

PrayerFeelNeedLittleHereI Feel

No one always or never does anything. People don't see themselves as one-dimensional, so you shouldn't attempt to define them as such.

Travis Bradberry

PeopleYouNeverSeeAnythingThem

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Ronald Reagan

InspirationalSomeoneHelpEveryone

When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience became involved.

Conor Oberst

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I learned no detail was too small. It was all about the details.

Brad Grey

DetailSmallDetailsLearnedAbout

Girls enjoy complex social interaction. Their verbal skills - and their delight in using them - develop earlier than boys'.

Brenda Laurel

EnjoySkillsInteractionDelight

Most of the other soldiers were older than me and sent money back to their families, so they were more prudent.

William Klein

MoneyMeBackMoreSoldiersPrudent

In the Marine Corps, we're taught to put America above ourselves.

Todd Young

AmericaMarine CorpsAboveOurselves

I adore Biarritz. I first went there in the Eighties, and my wife and I liked it so much that we ended up buying a holiday home there.

Tim Pigott-Smith

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