Quotes by Joan Didion

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.

Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.

Late afternoon on the West Coast ends with the sky doing all its brilliant stuff.

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

I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.