"You can throw a novel into focus with…" — Joan Didion

"You can throw a novel into focus with one overheard line."

— 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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More Focus Quotes

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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see… — Dan Aykroyd
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
Focus on your music and not technology. — Bryan Adams
Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs. — Bryan Adams
Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source… — Scott Adams
Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in… — Bob Beauprez
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. — Alexander Graham Bell
The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care… — Adele
To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or… — Ezra Taft Benson
The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action. — Howard Berman

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