Why did I write it down? In order to remember, of course, but exactlywhat was it I wanted to remember? How much of it actually happened?Did any of it? Why do I keep a notebook at all? It is easy to deceive oneselfon all those scores.
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The problem is, we put things into notes because we don't know what we'll use it for. You write down a quote from a book because you could eventually use it in 1,000 different ways. You could use it to help you make a decision, or write an essay, or lift a friend’s spirit when they’re going through a tough time (and you might use it for
... See moreJoan Didion noted, “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking.”
(As Joan Didion said, “I don’t know what I think until I write about it.”)
I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. Joan Didion