"When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm."

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Source : "Joan Didion, The Art of Nonfiction No. 1". Interview by Hilton Als, theparisreview.org. January 27, 2017.

Joan Didion

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“People are always surprised by how much I love to eat. I guess I don't look like I eat that much, but I can put it away.”

Source : "Teri Hatcher Talks PLANES, Why Her Character Is a Role Model for Girls, Her Hopes for PLANES 2". Interview, collider.com. August 5, 2013.
“Don't confuse good taste with the absence of taste.”
“The Pall Mall Gazette is written by gentlemen for gentlemen.”
“I choose Hosea. Oh, there's no book of the Bible which more beautifully and more painfully demonstrates how very much God loves us.”
“On my US tour maybe three out of 30 shows there was an Elvis impersonator in the crowd but that's it. I usually get younger fans, and those that come that are of an older generation end up walking out because it's too loud”
“I stay in France. Better to be the queen of a village than a servant in a kingdom.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.”
“The past may not hurt you, but it won't challenge you, either.”

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