Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up. – 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
Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought? – Joan Didion
A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. – Joan Didion
Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. Ive always hoped to have a really long career. So Ive tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didnt realize the two could go together. – Jewel
In the coming years, if not sooner, social media will become a powerful tool that consumers will aggressively use to influence business attitudes and force companies into greater social responsibility – and, I suggest, move us towards a more sustainable practice of capitalism. – Simon Mainwaring