Joan Didion

Joan Didion was an influential American writer known for her essays, novels, and memoirs that explore the complexities of American life and culture.

"The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle."

Joan Didion

"Certain places seem to exist mainly because someone has written about them."

Joan Didion

"[P]eople with self-respect have the courage of their mistakes. They know the price of things."

Joan Didion