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
writing taste pomegranates
We write to taste life twice," Anais Nin wrote, "in the moment and in retrospection.
writing mail letters
Have you ever written a letter you knew you could never mail but you needed to write it anyway?
kings writing empowering
There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth inside of us and empowers us to act. Once you identify your inner genius, you will be able to take action, whether it's writing a check or digging a well.
writing thinking people
I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some ways, a work of wholeness.
heart writing people
It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.
writing feelings keepers
I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.
writing heart talking
I sit in my new room and write everything down. My heart never stops talking.
writing trying want
A lot of time you write out of some unconscious place. I try to trust what is coming and where it wants to take me.
betrayal writing destiny
Finally, I began to write about becoming an older woman and the trepidation it stirred. The small, telling "betrayals" of my body. The stalled, eerie stillness in my writing, accompanied by an ache for some unlived destiny. I wrote about the raw, unsettled feelings coursing through me, the need to divest and relocate, the urge to radically simplify and distill life into a new, unknown meaning.
writing stories who-we-are
Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.
hurt writing done
I'll write this all down for you," I said. "I'll put it in a story." I don't know if that's what he wanted to ask me, but it's something everybody wants--for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.
beyond books deeper hidden inside lies life mysteries perhaps point simply spiritual themes truly understanding
I think books with spiritual themes simply point to the deeper mysteries of life - to what lies beyond us, to what's hidden inside of us, or perhaps to an understanding of what truly matters.
created due frame hung invention outline separate six strangest sweeping time voices
Due to the sweeping time frame and the voices moving back and forth, the outline for 'The Invention of Wings' was the strangest one I've ever done. I created six large, separate outlines, one for each part of the book, and hung them around my study.
aware deeper love misuse separates takes ways whether
I feel like we need to be aware of the ways we use and misuse religious dogma: whether it takes us deeper into love and inclusion or it separates us.