Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002

by David Sedaris

The point is to find out who you are and to be true to that person. Because so often you can’t.

I love this. The point of a diary. The point of life in general.

That’s the thing with a diary, though. In order to record your life, you sort of need to live it. Not at your desk, but beyond it. Out in the world where it’s so beautiful and complex and painful that sometimes you just need to sit down and write about it.