The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers.

Quote by Joan Didion

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You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.

The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity,...

There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity,...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Writers are always selling somebody out.