"Nothing is critic-proof." — Joan Didion

Nothing is critic-proof. - Joan Didion

"Nothing is critic-proof."

— Joan Didion

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204 Quotes by Joan Didion

Joan Didion has 204 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The impulse for much writing is homesickness. You are trying to get back home, and in your writing you are…
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions…
In the early years, you fight because you don't understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you…
To shift the structure of a sentence alters the meaning of that sentence, as definitely and inflexibly as the position…
Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it…
My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. in the rewriting process you…
People tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. And it always does. That is one…
It is impossible to think of Howard Hughes without seeing the apparently bottomless gulf between what we say we want…
Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they…
Throw yourself into the convulsions of the world. I'm not telling you to make the world better, because I don't…
New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and…
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

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I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and… — Joseph Addison
The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism… — Walter Benjamin
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. — Ambrose Bierce
I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its… — Theodore Bikel
A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically… — Jim Bishop
Be a doer and not a critic. — Tony Blair
I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of… — Mary J. Blige
Now everyone is a critic. — Christina Aguilera
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what… — Michael Caine
A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic. — Tony Campolo
Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of… — Raymond Chandler

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