“I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”

Joan Didion

“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves � there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.”

Joan Didion

“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are”

Joan Didion

“Writers are always selling somebody out.”

Joan Didion

“The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”

Joan Didion