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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CollegeMeThinkingRememberI Can

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.

Joan D. Vinge

StoryStrongThinkingWriteFirst

I haven't got time in my life to do all the things I should be doing, like running and dieting and decorating my house, buying some furniture.

Jennifer Saunders

LifeTimeMy LifeDoingHouseGot

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

Maynard James Keenan

FunnyStand UpStandNeverUpDid

People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum.

Soulja Boy

DayPeopleSomeoneMediaArtistSay

Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying.

Stanislav Grof

TrainingDyingPsychedelicWere

America is composed of all kinds of people - part of the difficulty in our nation today is due to the fact that we are not utilising the abilities and the talents of other brown and black peoples and females that have something to bring to the creativity and the rejuvenation and the revitalisation of this country.

Shirley Chisholm

TodayCreativityPeopleBlackNation

Traditionally, images have functioned as representations of something in the world, but we are quickly approaching the point where vast majority of images are produced for other machines, and no human being will ever see them.

Trevor Paglen

WorldWillHumanSeeHuman Being

There's actually something interesting about having no rehearsal time - you have to just walk in and go with your gut, which is exciting.

Josh Hutcherson

TimeWalkInterestingYouGoGut

In this game of politics, it's always kind of blame.

Jose Andres

PoliticsBlameGameKindAlways

You know how a fighter always comes into the dressing room way before a fight? That's me - I'm like a fighter.

Don Rickles

FightMeYouKnowFighterWay

I'm trying to be the coach. My actors are my players. They're doing things that I'm too cowardly to do myself.

Derek Cianfrance

MyselfDoingTryingCoachThings

I didn't have any role models. I really thought I was doomed to this loveless, lonely life. I didn't know any gay people until I began doing theater.

Bryan Batt

LifePeopleThoughtLonelyDoing

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