“Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.”

Preface to Ecuador (1929)

Source: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 32

Source: The Outsider (1956), p. 158

I Know
Lyrics, Long Way Down

The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, vol. 1, p. 1, journal entry, March 27, 1768.
Letters

"Letters to Dr. Y."
Words for Dr. Y (1978)

The Critic as Artist (1891), Part I
Context: There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.
Context: Puritans cannot destroy a beautiful thing, yet, by means of their extraordinary prurience, they can almost taint beauty for a moment. It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
Context: It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.