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

Quote by Joan Didion

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

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

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.

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 think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

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

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.

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

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 fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own...

The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own...

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...

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 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...

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...

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin,...

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and...

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and...