Joan Didion
  • Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.

  • To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

  • Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it.

  • I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.