There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity, a lowered sexual energy, an inability to devote more than token attention to the preoccupations of the society outside. The action is everything, more consuming than sex, more immediate than politics; more important always than the acquisition of money, which is never, for the gambler, the true point of the exercise.

Famous Quotes / Joan Didion

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Joan Didion: "There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity, a lowered sexual energy, an inability to devote more than token attention to the preoccupations of the society outside. The action is everything, more consuming than sex, more immediate than politics; more important always than the acquisition of money, which is never, for the gambler, the true point of the exercise."

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Acquisition	Action	Activity	Attention
Central	Consuming	Cultures	Devote
Energy	Everything	Exercise	Gambler
Gambling	Hollywood	Immediate	Important
Inability	Lowered	Money	Outside
Point	Politics	Preoccupations	Sexual
Society	Token	True

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There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity, a lowered sexual energy, an inability to devote more than token attention to the preoccupations of the society outside. The action is everything, more consuming than sex, more immediate than politics; more important always than the acquisition of money, which is never, for the gambler, the true point of the exercise. - Joan Didion