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Sue Monk Kidd

Profession : Writer

Birth : August 12, 1948

Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.

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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.

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I came to believe that my true identity goes beyond the outer roles I play. It transcends the ego. I came to understand that there is an Authentic 'I' within - an 'I Am,' or divine spark within the soul.

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I eventually found that the soul is more than an immortal commodity to win and save. It is the repository of the inner divine, the truest part of us.

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I never know how to give advice to a writer because there's so much you could say, and it's hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.

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I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.

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Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?'

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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.

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Gender and race got very entwined in the 19th century, as abolition broke out, and then women wanted the right to speak about it.

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I'm always captivated by stories of women who find a way to be daring - misbehaving women.

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I don't go in search of ideas; I try to let them find me.

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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.

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I read usually in the morning, in my kitchen at breakfast - a short reading time, usually poetry. I read in bed every night. I usually get in bed pretty early with a book, and I read until I can't prop my eyes open anymore - sometimes rather late.

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I think the word 'freedom' is beautiful, not so much in its phonics, but just in the power of the word itself.

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I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.

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I have a fondness for historical fiction, something wondrous like 'Wolf Hall,' but I'll read most anything as long as the story grabs my mind or my heart, and preferably both. You would be hard pressed, however, to find science fiction on my shelves.

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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.

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I was a Nancy Drew girl. Also Grimms' fairy tales.

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For me, writing a novel goes on for years, and the solitude goes on, too. It tends to swallow me at times. I know it's a problem when my husband sends the dog in to retrieve me.

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I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in.

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