Joan Didion Quotes

It took me a couple of years after I got out of Berkeley before I dared to start writing. That academic mind-set - which was kind of shallow in my case anyway - had begun to fade.

Joan Didion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeWritingStartKindFadeOut

I didn't always have research jobs.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

ResearchAlwaysJobs

I thought the suit was something that would suit me.

Jidenna

MeThoughtSuitSomethingWould

If the experimental physicist has already done a great deal of work in this field, nevertheless the theoretical physicist has still hardly begun to evaluate the experimental material which may lead him to conclusions about the structure of the atom.

Johannes Stark

WorkGreatDoneStructureHimLead

Cirque du Soleil distinguished itself by being a circus with no animals. Before then, circus was partly about showing how man can tame other species.

Robert Lepage

ManAnimalsCircusBeingHowBefore

A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.

Tony Lema

PositiveGameSwingSoundApproach

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

Tracy Morgan

FoundationDoingCareerOutStarted

To me, traditional approaches to doing photography and thinking about photography feel increasingly anachronistic.

Trevor Paglen

MeThinkingFeelDoingPhotography

An English summer's day is wonderful, but sometimes you have to look hard to find one!

Romain Grosjean

DayYouLookFindSummerSometimes

The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantee for all persons of this country.

Mike Pence

HeartReligionFreeExerciseCountry

The film-school mantra is that if you don't tell your own stories, nobody will.

Mira Nair

YouNobodyWillMantraTellOwn

I always wanted to make motion pictures, ever since I was a wee boy, and I was 32, and time was marching on. I met a guy who said, 'Come out to Hollywood for 10 days, and I'll get you a deal.' So I figured, 'OK, 10 days.' On the 10th day, he got me a development deal with Disney, not for a lot of money, but it allowed me to make the move.

Craig Ferguson

TimeMoneyDayMeYouPictures

I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.

Clive Owen

HateWhyKaraokeSingDread

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Joan Didion