Patricia Highsmith's Cahiers

"write down all these slender ideas"

Patricia Highsmith kept notebooks throughout her life and recommended every writer do the same. Even a few words, scribbled in haste, might prove instrumental to crafting a character, a scene, or a plot twist.

I highly recommend notebooks for writers, a small one if one has to be out on a job all day, a larger one if one has the luxury of staying at home…