Play It As It Lays Quotes

“She could remember it all but none of it seemed to come to anything. She had a sense the dream had ended and she had slept on.”
― Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

“Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing.”
― Joan Didion, Play It as It Lays

“A young woman with long hair and a short white halter walks through the casino at the Riviera in Las Vegas at one in the morning. It was precisely at this moment that made play it as it lays begin to tell itself to me.”
― Joan Didion