• When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm.

    Joan Didion: When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm.
    "Joan Didion, The Art of Nonfiction No. 1". Interview by Hilton Als, theparisreview.org. January 27, 2017.