Η συνέντευξη που έδωσε η Joan Didion στον Andy Warhol

Η Joan Didion (Sacramento, 5 Δεκεμβρίου 1934) είναι Αμερικανίδα δημοσιογράφος, συγγραφέας και δοκιμιογράφος, νικήτρια του National Book Award το 2005 με το βιβλίο «The Year of Magical Thinking».

Το 2009, η Didion τιμήθηκε ως επίτιμη διδάκτωρ φιλολογίας από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Χάρβαρντ. Το Πανεπιστήμιο του Yale της απέμεινε την ίδια τιμή το 2011. Στις 3 Iουλίου του 2013, της απονεμήθηκε από τον Πρόεδρο Μπαράκ Ομπάμα το Εθνικό Μετάλλιο Τεχνών και  Ανθρωπιστικών επιστημών.

Θεωρείται «cult» φιγούρα όχι μόνο στη χώρα της αλλά και διεθνώς. Μάχιμη δημοσιογράφος, από τις κατ’ εξοχήν εκπροσώπους του ιστορικού New Journalism της δεκαετίας του ’60.

ANDY WARHOL: Do you dream?

JOAN DIDION: Yes, I do, but I don’t remember my dreams.

WARHOL:  Is there anything you regret not doing?

DIDION: No. I used to regret not knowing a second language, but I’ve had to let that go.

WARHOL: What was your first job?

DIDION: My first job was at a newspaper in Sacramento—I wrote for the society desk at The Sacramento Union.

WARHOL: When do you get nervous?

DIDION: I get nervous answering questions.

WARHOL: Why can’t it just be magic all the time?

DIDION: What.

WARHOL:  What did you have for breakfast?

DIDION: Fruit and coffee.

WARHOL: Who’s your dream date?

DIDION: I don’t know that I have one.

WARHOL:  What do you think about love?

DIDION: I don’t know.

WARHOL:  What are you reading right now?

DIDION: I’m rereading Appointment in Samarra [1934] and BUtterfield 8 [1935].

WARHOL: How were you discovered?

DIDION: I won an essay contest in high school.

WARHOL: What’s the craziest thing a fan has sent you?

DIDION: A photograph of herself in my building’s lobby.

WARHOL: What are your beauty secrets?

DIDION: I don’t have any.

WARHOL: What’s your favorite movie?

DIDION: Chinatown [1974].

WARHOL: Are you interested in furniture?

DIDION: Yes. My furniture in New York is from my Franklin Avenue house in Los Angeles, and I’ve kept it since the early ’70s.

WARHOL: What kind of clothes do you like?

DIDION: I like big sweaters, pants, long skirts—loose, casual, comfortable clothes.

WARHOL: Do you have a TV?

DIDION: In fact, I have two TVs.

WARHOL; What do you love about New York City?

DIDION: Many things: my neighborhood, especially; the babies and dogs in Central Park; the places John and I used to go— Three Guys, the Carlyle, Elio’s.

WARHOL: Do you think Americans have good taste?

DIDION: Some of them do.

WARHOL: Do you keep a diary?

DIDION: No.

WARHOL:  What’s your favorite color?

DIDION: I don’t have one.

WARHOL:  How many hotels have you been kicked out of ?

DIDION: I’ve never been thrown out of a hotel.

WARHOL: What are you most proud of?

DIDION: In my writing, [the novel] Democracy [1984].