Joan Didion reads "On Keeping a Notebook" with her own voice.

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Joan Didion reads "On Keeping a Notebook" with her own voice.

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2 жыл бұрын

There are two parts to this video.
(1) Joan Didion reads "See enough and write it down, I tell myself, ..." in her own voice from the book Slouching Towards Bethlehem (This is a small section from the documentary The Center Will Not Hold)
(2) Joan Didion's appearances in an interview with Charlie Rose in May 1992 and her talk on life in L.A.

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@MrUndersolo Жыл бұрын

I still keep her words on writing in mind: "Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Sped more time alone." Still some of the best advice a writer can hear.

@kfctwigs136 2 жыл бұрын

No one will be as cool as Joan Didion - a force of nature, a total badass. Her writing changed my perspectives in so many ways and I'll always be grateful for that. I hope she's now in that place at the bend in the river where cottonwoods grows and where the artificial rain forever falls, reunited with John and Quintana - RIP, Joan!

@nonanona-ew6ur 10 ай бұрын

This reminds me of a line in her book the year of the magic thinking when she was in the hospital after her husband just died the nurse described her as cool costumer which wasn’t very pleasant to her at the time

@nicklizardo313 2 жыл бұрын

What a giant Joan Didion was! I loved how razor-sharp her writing and mind were. Que viva Joan Didion.

@fototo 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Que viva Joan Didion.

@nicklizardo313 2 жыл бұрын

@@fototo love that u agree.

@d3a1990 2 жыл бұрын

This passage blew my mind when I read it. Hearing it in her voice gives me joy.

@pariahmouse7794 13 күн бұрын

She was my hero. She died the same day my mothere did, years apart. 12/23. What am i supposed to do with that?!

@LoserDish Жыл бұрын

interviewer keeps interrupteing her.. sir let her Speak

@hazabee Жыл бұрын

A rather misleading video title.

@user-jv1qc4ls2h 8 ай бұрын

She makes comments at the beginning and the end that refer back to the title, but they are only the thin, white bread to a lot of sandwich filling.

@barbarajohnson1442 Жыл бұрын

30 years ago she nails it....a disconcerting longing for leadership..."not exactly democratic"

@user-jv1qc4ls2h 8 ай бұрын

Interesting comments that show how both Democracy and also how the more ultra democratic something can be are the ultimate, unquestioned values.

@user-jv1qc4ls2h 8 ай бұрын

"The people" can be ultra autocratic too. A Democracy is only as good as each individual person is. And: Goodness is a definite thing. It can be defined and measured. A person is not good automatically as a result of just being a person.