In Brentwood we had a big safe-deposit box to put manuscripts in if we left town during fire season. It was such a big box that we never bothered to clean it out. Joan Didion bigbotherbox Change image and share on social
I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again. Joan Didion feltgoodparent Change image and share on social
I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one. Joan Didion poolswimwant Change image and share on social
I'm not very interested in people. I recognize it in myself - there is a basic indifference toward people. Joan Didion basicindifferenceinterest Change image and share on social
You think you have some stable talent that will show no matter what you're writing, and if it doesn't seem to be getting across to the audience once, you can't imagine that moment when it suddenly will. Gradually, gradually you gain that confidence. Joan Didion audienceconfidencegain share on social
You can throw a novel into focus with one overheard line. Joan Didion focuslineoverhear Change image and share on social
When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something... but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, that is when we join the fashionable madmen. Joan Didion deceivefashionableimperative Change image and share on social
Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought? Joan Didion dreamfindthink Change image and share on social