Had my credentials been in order I would never have become a writer. Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write. I write entirely to find out what Iām thinking, what Iām looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
Joan DidionWhat does it cost to lose those weeks, that light, the very nights in the year preferred over all others? Can you evade the dying of the brightness? Or do you evade only its warning? Where are you left if you miss the message the blue nights bring?
Joan DidionWe live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images.
Joan DidionLet me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel.
Joan Didion