If you want to do creative work, there are tremendous sacrifices involved, and tremendous financial sacrifices too. It requires dedication and solitude.
Joyce JohnsonJack Kerouac did what he most wanted to do. He wrote great prose. He became the writer he wanted to be.
Joyce JohnsonEveryone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from her parents was clear to all - as well as what she'd be up to in that room of her own.
Joyce Johnson