Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought? – Joan Didion
To have that sense of ones intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent. To lack it is to be locked within oneself, paradoxically incapable of either love or indifference. – Joan Didion
Im not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel. – Joan Didion
Strength is one of those things youre supposed to have. You dont feel that you have it at the time youre going through it. – Joan Didion
People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which theyre very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then theyre kind of hard to tell apart – especially if the human is kind of hairy. – Demetri Martin