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
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. Joan Didion accidentallycompulsioncompulsive share on social
My own fantasies of what life would be like at 24 tended to the more spectacular. Joan Didion fantasylifespectacular Change image and share on social
I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die. Joan Didion afraiddielong 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 have to pick the places you don't walk away from. Joan Didion pickplacewalk Change image and share on social
We imagine things - that we wouldn't be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. We have no choice, so we do it. Joan Didion choicefactimagine Change image and share on social
You had to feel the swell change. You had to go with the change. He told me that. No eye is on the sparrow but he did tell me that. Joan Didion changeeyefeel Change image and share on social
