Alice Sebold (born September 6, 1963) is an American writer. She has published three books: Lucky (1999), The Lovely Bones (2002), and The Almost Moon (2007). Read full biography of Alice Sebold →
I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.
I'd like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It's been my private discipline.
I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.
The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the... →
I have always felt extremely weird. But I am very happy with my weirdnesses, and I want other people to be very happy with theirs.
I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously.
I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things.
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 wanted to be the moron of the family, because morons seemed to have more fun, more freedom and more personality.
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 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... →
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... →
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... →
Alice Sebold (born September 6, 1963) is an American writer. She has published three books: Lucky (1999), The Lovely Bones (2002), and The Almost Moon (2007).