Joan Didion Quotes

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

Joan Didion

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Joan Didion

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

Joan Didion

New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself.

Joan Didion

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.

Joan Didion

Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it.

Joan Didion