Alice Sebold Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I wake up very early in the morning. I like to start in the dark, and I never work at night, because my brain is evaporated by 4 P.M.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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?”

“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.”

“It's hard, because when you talk about process or your characters ruling your narrative, it sounds like you have no control, but obviously you're ultimately the author, so you do have control.”

“I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card.”

“In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual'; I thought it was all crap.”

“I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them.”

“I wanted to be a novelist for so long.”