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title: "28 Joan Didion Quotes by 26 authors"
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> [To really love Joan Didion—to have been blown over by things like the smell of jasmine and the packing list she kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-flanagan/to-really-love-joan-didion-to-have-been-blown-over-by-things-like-the/)

[Caitlin Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-flanagan/)

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> [I must confess I love female writers: Jane Austen, Isak Dinesen, Colette, Willa Cather, Dawn Powell, Joan Didion. I grew up on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjelica-huston/i-must-confess-i-love-female-writers-jane-austen-isak-dinesen-colette/)

[Anjelica Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjelica-huston/)

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> [“Leid kommt, wenn es eintrifft, in nichts dem gleich, was wir erwarten. (Joan Didion)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/leid-kommt-wenn-es-eintrifft-in-nichts-dem-gleich-was-wir-erwarten/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [ \[Jerome David\] Salinger was really taken to the cleaners by nasty critics in his day. I think Joan Didion was one of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whit-stillman/jerome-david-salinger-was-really-taken-to-the-cleaners-by-nasty/)

[Whit Stillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whit-stillman/)

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> [Sometimes things reveal themselves to you a little bit. I think it was Joan Didion that said, "We write to find out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-finn/sometimes-things-reveal-themselves-to-you-a-little-bit-i-think-it-was/)

[Craig Finn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-finn/)

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> [I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-flanagan/i-was-really-influenced-by-joan-didion-and-pauline-kael-they-were/)

[Caitlin Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-flanagan/)

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> [I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-vincent/i-ve-been-watching-a-lot-of-joan-didion-interviews-on-youtube-i-love/)

[St. Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-vincent/)

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> [I would be writing and trying to write like Joan Didion. Or if I was reading Raymond Carver. You know, strong stylists.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-would-be-writing-and-trying-to-write-like-joan-didion-or-if-i-was/)

[David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/)

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> [For so long, I felt like a walking open wound everywhere I went. There's this Joan Didion quote about being afflicted from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-williams/for-so-long-i-felt-like-a-walking-open-wound-everywhere-i-went-there/)

[Michelle Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-williams/)

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> [There are stylists I really love. I'm a huge Joan Didion fan - if I wrote something that she might like, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-darnielle/there-are-stylists-i-really-love-i-m-a-huge-joan-didion-fan-if-i/)

[John Darnielle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-darnielle/)

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> [I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/i-have-always-identified-with-joan-didion-s-depiction-of-los-angeles/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

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> [I love anything by Joan Didion. Incidentally, she was one of the local moms when I was growing up in Point Dume.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-lowe/i-love-anything-by-joan-didion-incidentally-she-was-one-of-the-local/)

[Rob Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-lowe/)

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> [I'm listening to Gogol Bordello, which is totally random, but I love him. Just finished the new Joan Didion book, Blue Nights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-love/i-m-listening-to-gogol-bordello-which-is-totally-random-but-i-love/)

[Pamela Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-love/)

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> [Joan Didion's 'The Year of Magical Thinking' comes to mind as an example of a piece of media that I really respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-dacus/joan-didion-s-the-year-of-magical-thinking-comes-to-mind-as-an/)

[Lucy Dacus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-dacus/)

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> [When Nancy Reagan was newly the first lady of California, Joan Didion came and had an hour-long interview. She thought it went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/when-nancy-reagan-was-newly-the-first-lady-of-california-joan-didion/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

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> [“His expression I remember from the first time I met him. Open, direct. But no longer anonymous. I know certain telling details…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judi-hendricks/his-expression-i-remember-from-the-first-time-i-met-him-open-direct/)

[Judi Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judi-hendricks/)

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> [I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that's a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-walter/i-teach-in-m-f-a-programs-now-and-i-think-that-s-a-great-way-to/)

[Jess Walter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-walter/)

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> [California belongs to Joan Didion. Not the California where everyone wears aviator sunglasses, owns a Jacuzzi and buys his clothes on Rodeo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michiko-kakutani/california-belongs-to-joan-didion-not-the-california-where-everyone/)

[Michiko Kakutani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michiko-kakutani/)

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> [I'm so old that when I started keeping a diary they were in actual books, and I think that's one the reasons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-m-so-old-that-when-i-started-keeping-a-diary-they-were-in-actual/)

[David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/)

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> [“Philosophic thoughts allow people to use human reason and imagination to consider eternal matters and explore the ramifications of their own transience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/philosophic-thoughts-allow-people-to-use-human-reason-and-imagination/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [Am I missing something because of my lack of education? Being an intellectual - I'm not. So I hire him as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-schiller/am-i-missing-something-because-of-my-lack-of-education-being-an/)

[Lawrence Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-schiller/)

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> [This involves more than I can discuss here, but do it. Read the writers of great prose dialogue-people like Robert Stone and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fitch/this-involves-more-than-i-can-discuss-here-but-do-it-read-the-writers/)

[Janet Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fitch/)

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> [No doubt, there are those who believe that judges-and particularly dissenting judges-write to hear themselves say, as it were, I I I.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-brennan/no-doubt-there-are-those-who-believe-that-judges-and-particularly/)

[William J. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-brennan/)

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> [There is something so hopeful about a diary, a journal, a new notebook, which Joan Didion and Virginia Woolf both wrote about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-koppel/there-is-something-so-hopeful-about-a-diary-a-journal-a-new-notebook/)

[Lily Koppel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-koppel/)

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> [“Talking with friends about books harks back to the original impulse behind storytelling, the forging of human bonds. We have told ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-hall/talking-with-friends-about-books-harks-back-to-the-original-impulse/)

Brian Hall

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> [To take a few nouns, and a few pronouns, and adverbs and adjectives, and put them together, ball them up, and throw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/to-take-a-few-nouns-and-a-few-pronouns-and-adverbs-and-adjectives-and/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [I tried to fortify myself with the best nonfiction and fiction I could lay my hands on, from the essays of James…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-chatterton-williams/i-tried-to-fortify-myself-with-the-best-nonfiction-and-fiction-i/)

[Thomas Chatterton Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-chatterton-williams/)

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> [Books I like: John McPhee's 'Coming Into the Country,' Michael Herr's 'Dispatches about the Vietnam War,' and Evan S. Connell's 'Son of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rinella/books-i-like-john-mcphee-s-coming-into-the-country-michael-herr-s/)

[Steven Rinella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rinella/)

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                        "text": "To take a few nouns, and a few pronouns, and adverbs and adjectives, and put them together, ball them up, and throw them against the wall to make them bounce. That's what Norman Mailer did. That's what James Baldwin did, and Joan Didion did, and that's what I do - that's what I mean to do.",
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                        "text": "Books I like: John McPhee's 'Coming Into the Country,' Michael Herr's 'Dispatches about the Vietnam War,' and Evan S. Connell's 'Son of the Morning Star' - the greatest book about the American West. I also admire Joan Didion, although I don't write like her in any way, shape, or form or cover the same subject material.",
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