When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm. Joan Didion backbookconstantly 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
I'm totally in control of this tiny, tiny world right there at the typewriter. Joan Didion controltinytotally Change image and share on social
One of the things that happens to people in grief is they secretly think they're crazy, because they realize they are thinking things that don't make sense. Joan Didion crazygriefmake 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