Alice Sebold
Alice Sebold
Alice Seboldis an American writer. She has published three books: Lucky, The Lovely Bones, and The Almost Moon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth6 September 1963
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
save-yourself
You save yourself or you remain unsaved.
I wanted to be a novelist for so long.
perspective therefore understanding
I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them.
calling harder might work
I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card.
believe life motivated people separate
I was motivated to write about violence because I believe it's not unusual. I see it as just a part of life, and I think we get in trouble when we separate people who've experienced it from those who haven't.
ends explained people specific
I think it's an interesting thing to me, because we have this desire for everything to be explained to us. But if you go through your daily actions, very little ends up having a written-down explanation for why things happen, or why people do specific things.
censored weirder
I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?
gradually
I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there yet.
good poetry private revere
I'd like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It's been my private discipline.