ANDY WARHOL: Do you dream?
JOAN DIDION: Yes, I do, but I donât remember my dreams.
WARHOL:Â Is there anything you regret not doing?
DIDION: No. I used to regret not knowing a second language, but Iâve had to let that go.
WARHOL: What was your first job?
DIDION: My first job was at a newspaper in SacramentoâI wrote for the society desk at The Sacramento Union.
WARHOL: When do you get nervous?
DIDION: I get nervous answering questions.
WARHOL: Why canât it just be magic all the time?
DIDION: What.
WARHOL:Â What did you have for breakfast?
DIDION: Fruit and coffee.
WARHOL: Whoâs your dream date?
DIDION: I donât know that I have one.
WARHOL:Â What do you think about love?
DIDION:Â I donât know.
WARHOL:Â What are you reading right now?
DIDION: Iâm rereading Appointment in Samarra [1934] and BUtterfield 8 [1935].
WARHOL: How were you discovered?
DIDION: I won an essay contest in high school.
WARHOL: Whatâs the craziest thing a fan has sent you?
DIDION: A photograph of herself in my buildingâs lobby.
WARHOL: What are your beauty secrets?
DIDION: I donât have any.
WARHOL: Whatâs 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 Iâve kept it since the early â70s.
WARHOL: What kind of clothes do you like?
DIDION: I like big sweaters, pants, long skirtsâloose, 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 goâ Three Guys, the Carlyle, Elioâs.
WARHOL: Do you think Americans have good taste?
DIDION: Some of them do.
WARHOL: Do you keep a diary?
DIDION: No.
WARHOL:Â Whatâs your favorite color?
DIDION: I donât have one.
WARHOL:Â How many hotels have you been kicked out of ?
DIDION: Iâve never been thrown out of a hotel.
WARHOL: What are you most proud of?
DIDION: In my writing, [the novel] Democracy [1984].