Joan Didion Quotes

Hemingway was really early. I probably started reading him when I was just eleven or twelve. There was just something magnetic to me in the arrangement of those sentences. Because they were so simple - or rather they appeared to be so simple, but they weren't.

Joan Didion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SimpleMeReadingEarlyHimStarted

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Anatole France

PeopleSayPeople SayFoolishStill

David Bowie, who spent most of the '70s establishing himself as a master of psychological disguises, is spending the '80s trying to convince us that he's just a regular fella - or at least as close to one as a millionaire pop star can be.

Robert Hilburn

TryingMasterConvinceStarUsJust

There's no drama like wrestling.

Andy Kaufman

DramaWrestlingLike

I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.

Jeff Lynne

MusicDoingYearsStillEvenAfter

I do have some books, but in all the distance flights I've made I've never opened the books. I've been too busy.

Steve Fossett

BusyDistanceNeverBeenBooksMade

I had discovered that I'm much less special than I thought I am. So whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to.

Stefan Sagmeister

MyselfI AmPeopleThoughtFind

Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.

Robert Crippen

MysteryAlwaysBeenSelection

There are gay and lesbian people in all walks of life, in all different types of professions. I just happen to be a gay man who sings in a heavy metal band.

Rob Halford

LifeManPeopleGayHeavy Metal

When I was 23, I climbed this mountain in Alaska called Devil's Thumb alone. It was incredibly dangerous, and I did it because I thought that if I did something that hard and pulled it off, my life was gonna be transformed. And of course, nothing happened. But I get the search for purpose.

Jon Krakauer

LifeAlonePurposeMountainThought

'Edward Scissorhands' was tough to let go of because I found real safety in allowing myself to be that open, that honest. To explore purity. It was a hard one to walk away from.

Johnny Depp

MyselfWalkSafetyToughGoExplore

I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity.

Colleen Haskell

OpportunityGreatJobPlanningWish

'Words and Music' on Radio 3 is always a treat. Actors read passages of poetry and prose interspersed with music, and nobody tells you what it is. Later you can look it up online, but at the time you can't cheat.

Claire Tomalin

MusicTimeWordsPoetryTreatLook

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