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In this 1970 interview at her beachfront L.A. home, Joan Didion calls writing “the only way I’ve found I can be aggressive… I am totally in control of this tiny, tiny world.”

Oh. Wow.

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    is one of the biggest inspirations for me as a writer. She talks about how when she writes she

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    Love this woman. And she has a new memoir coming out next fall. Yes.

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    coveting her 1970s life - that view, that patio, those sunglasses! - so hard right now.

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    I’ve never heard JD speak before. Is it just me or does she entirely exemplify the 70s “voice.” It’s what I imagine...

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    I’m comfortable performing,...a way. I mean, I’m comfortable doing something.

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    “I’m not sure that...could work in a city where...was...

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