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Joan Didion Quotes

In many ways, writing is the act of saying 'I,' of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying, 'Listen to me, see it my way, change your mind.' It's an aggressive, even a hostile act.

Joan Didion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Change People Mind Me Writing Way

Reality really is theater. There's no other way to describe it. It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic.

Joe Rogan

Reality Ridiculous Way Other Theater

There's always talk about the blues dying out, but it won't.

Joe Bonamassa

Blues Talk Dying Always Out About

The most obvious thing you can't do with a guitar synthesizer is to really sound like a guitar.

Andy Summers

Guitar You Sound Obvious Like Most

I try to make the majority of my audience laugh.

Jeff Dunham

Laugh Try Audience Majority Make

I was always attracted to the past as a kid.

Stanley Tucci

Past Kid Always Attracted

I spent so long and so much of my childhood holding myself back for fear of what people would think. I'm trying my best every day to throw that away.

Troye Sivan

Fear Myself Best Day Childhood Long

If you're not controversial, you'll never break through the din of all the commentary.

Roger Stone

You Never Through Break Commentary

The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.

Mary Schmich

Gay Person First Met Ever Surely

I don't really pay attention to the filmmaker thing.

Jason Mewes

Attention Pay Attention Pay Filmmaker

Maybe one day the world will change, that we'll be in a luxurious position of being able to debate whether or not it's inherently wrong to eat animals, but the question doesn't matter right now.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Change Day World Debate Wrong Now

You learn from mistakes.

Diane Abbott

Mistakes Learn You

I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life was much easier.

Anne Lamott

Life Mother Great My Life She Carry