Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kiddis a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth12 August 1948
CountryUnited States of America
life seat secret trying understand work
'The Secret Life of Bees' was my first novel, so I had no process. I was flying by the seat of my pants, as they say, trying to understand how I, as a novelist, would work with story.
allow approach browse imagination letting ourselves
We have to learn not to feel guilty about letting our imagination browse around, and you know, in writing fiction particularly. But I think, in any kind of writing, we have to learn to allow ourselves to approach it in a contemplative way.
certain coming hook selective trying writers
There are so many different things out there trying to hook our attention, we writers have to be very selective and make certain that it is coming from inside out, not outside in.
believe common compels greater impulse misguided preserving pursuit
I want to believe that while we may sometimes read in the misguided pursuit of preserving our separation, there is a greater impulse inside us that compels us to read in search of the common heart.
bees incredible knew life secret wall
All I knew about bees when I started to write 'The Secret Life of Bees' was that they can live in a wall of your house, and that they make this incredible thing that I loved.
along few huge hung madonna mary morning painting pictures quite study walks writer
Every writer has their rituals. For me, it's morning walks along the beach. And then, in my study I have a huge painting of the Black Madonna hung over my desk, and quite a few pictures of Mary around me for inspiration.
felt
Writing in the voice of an American slave felt like I was biting off something very large.
civil life wrote
When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights.
honest relationship
'Traveling with Pomegranates' is a very personal, very honest story about my relationship with my daughter and Ann's with her mother.
child family huge life
Reading was a huge part of my life as a child - we were a family of storytellers.
daily discipline journal
I write in a journal occasionally. But it is not a daily discipline for me.
eight good truly
I was a very good nurse, but I burned out after eight years or so because it wasn't what I truly wanted to do. Writing is what I belong to.
freedom power word
I think the word 'freedom' is beautiful, not so much in its phonics, but just in the power of the word itself.
maybe
I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.