Quote by: Joan Didion

We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We live entirely by the impression of a narrative line upon disparate images, the shifting phantasmagoria, which is our actual experience.


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Author Bio


  • NameJoan Didion
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornDecember 5, 1934
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Author; Novelist; Journalist
  • WorksSlouching Towards Bethlehem; Play It As It Lays; The Year Of Magical Thinking
  • AwardsNational Humanities Medal; National Book Award; George Polk Award