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. Sue Monk Kidd lifememoirnarrative Change image and share on social
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. Sue Monk Kidd fictionfindfondness share on social
Here is where our real selfhood is rooted, in the divine spark or seed, in the image of God imprinted on the human soul. The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence. Sue Monk Kidd capacitycreationdepth share on social
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. Sue Monk Kidd commoditydivineeventually Change image and share on social
I don't go in search of ideas; I try to let them find me. Sue Monk Kidd findideasearch Change image and share on social
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. Sue Monk Kidd anymorebedbook share on social
Writing in the voice of an American slave felt like I was biting off something very large. Sue Monk Kidd americanbitefelt Change image and share on social
I want my words to open a portal through which the reader may leave the self, migrate to some other human sky and return 'disposed' to otherness. Sue Monk Kidd disposehumanleave Change image and share on social
I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in. Sue Monk Kidd latemorningpoem Change image and share on social
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. Sue Monk Kidd belongburngood Change image and share on social