New Delhi, May 19 -- Quote of the Day by Joan Didion: 'The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs'

Renowned as one of America's most influential essayists, novelists, journalists and screenwriters, Joan Didion was born in Sacramento, California, in 1934. She obtained her graduation degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and moved to New York, where she began working for Vogue, which opened the path to her career as a writer. Her most acclaimed include Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, Play It as It Lays, The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights. According to Didion's official website, The Year of Magical Thinking was honoured with the National Boo...