I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live.
February 1954 The Diary of Anaïs Nin Vol. 5 (1947-1955), as quoted in Woman as Writer (1978) by Jeannette L. Webber and Joan Grumman, p. 38
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)
Contexto: Why one writes is a question I can answer easily, having so often asked it of myself. I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live. I could not live in any of the worlds offered to me — the world of my parents, the world of war, the world of politics. I had to create a world of my own, like a climate, a country, an atmosphere in which I could breathe, reign, and recreate myself when destroyed by living. That, I believe, is the reason for every work of art.
“A sala onde escrevo é o Mundo da Lua e a cozinha chama-se Rubenita das Neves.”
“Cegueira também é isto, viver num mundo onde se tenha acabado a esperança.”
Ensaio sobre a Cegueira
“Eu não quero viver num mundo em que não possa fazer uma piada de mau gosto.”
“Não ligo de viver no mundo de um homem, desde que eu possa ser uma mulher nele.”
