"Sometimes things reveal themselves to you a little bit. I think it was Joan Didion that said, "We write to find out what we're thinking." And sometimes that happens."

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“I say the last 10 percent of the way to perfection takes so much of your life that it isn't worth the effort. This overzealous attitude is what creates religious fanatics, body Nazis, and athletes who are exceedingly dull to converse with.”
“I am convinced that any attempt to restore harmony in the world can only rest on the renewal of personal responsibility.”
“I have to feel good on the inside to look glamorous.”
“A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.”

Source : "Speeches of Adlai Stevenson" by Adlai Ewing Stevenson, (p. 17), 1952.
“I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising.”
“Genius hath electric power; Which earth can never tame; Bright suns may scorch and dark clouds lower; Its flash is still the same.”
“I was out dancing with one actress or another. And that got press. Even when it didn't, the whole town knew I was a dancing fool, and since I couldn't very well dance with a man, they saw me dancing with a lady, and they assumed the rest.”
“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.”

Source : FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Jul 03, 2011

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