There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity, a lowered sexual energy, an inability to devote more than token attention to the preoccupations of the society outside. The action is everything, more consuming…

Quote by Joan Didion

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Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin,...

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin,...

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

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

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -...

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

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

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

Call me the author.

Call me the author.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.

The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.