"The wind shows us how close to the edge we are."
"Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing."
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Source: Joan Didion, The Art of Nonfiction No. 1. Interview with Hilton Als, www.theparisreview.org. 2006.
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