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Play It as It Lays

Play It as It Lays

Play It as It Lays is a 1970 novel by the American writer Joan Didion. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The book was made into a 1972 movie starring Tuesday Weld as Maria and Anthony Perkins as BZ. Didion co-wrote the screenplay with her husband, John Gregory Dunne.


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“I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.”

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“What makes Iago evil? Some people ask. I never ask.”

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