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3 Lessons on Writing from Joan Didion's Notes
"It gets me past the blank terror."
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Joan Didion's Notes From Her Former Selves
"I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not."
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Re-Noted: Franz Kafka's Ambivalent Notes
"In the diary one finds proof that, even in conditions that today seem unbearable, one lived, looked around and wrote down observations, that this right…
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Henry David Thoreau's Economic Notes
"'Say’s I to myself' should be the motto of my journal"
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P.S. Notes Misused: the Case of Nietzsche and the Nazis
"...here a veritable Hell-machine is at work"
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Nietzsche's Literary Remains
“We Lizards of Happiness”
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Maya Angelou's Drafts
"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
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P.S. A Conversation about Notebooks with Helen Sword
As promised, here’s the video of my entire conversation with Helen.
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Helen Sword's Pleasurable Notes
"Containers for chaos”
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P.S. Kerouac's Notes Written On the Road
"I’m on the verge of some kind of crazy discovery that’ll tear my head off for good—or make me great."
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Jack Kerouac's Introspective Notes
"In an effort to discover the hidden laws of elation & depression while writing"
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Roland Allen's Notes on Notebooks and How to Tell a Great Story
"Writing a diary made me happier; keeping things-to-do lists made me more reliable (which in turn made those around me happier)..."
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