“I write in time 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
Essay Why I Write (adapted from Lecture at UC Berkeley)
The Writer on Her Work, edited by Janet Sternburg
Writing Quote #16 (Joan Didion)
August 27, 2010 by Scott W. Smith
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[...] “I write in time 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 Essay Why I Write (adapted from Lecture at UC Berkeley) The Writer on Her Work, edited by Janet Sternburg Original Source… [...]