Like a lot of writers, I just got sick to death of conventional fiction. I absolutely couldn't stand the illusion of reality and plot. I just couldn't stomach it.
I was born in Australia and grew up in the foreign services. I had this kind of trans-Pacific life. I think I was always sort of oriented towards her… - Jane Alison
I was born in Australia and grew up in the foreign services. I had this kind of trans-Pacific life. I think I was always sort of oriented towards her…
- Jane Alison
That was one of the problems with the Narcissus figure. Here is a face looking at a face, and the problem is the image of the thing is never actually… - Jane Alison
That was one of the problems with the Narcissus figure. Here is a face looking at a face, and the problem is the image of the thing is never actually…
You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful. - Jane Alison
You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful.
When you're waiting for a bus, the thing to do is smoke a cigarette. - Jane Alison
When you're waiting for a bus, the thing to do is smoke a cigarette.
I sometimes think that we expect too much resolution in this world. - Jane Alison
I sometimes think that we expect too much resolution in this world.
Sometimes there isn't a way to hug and make everything better. - Jane Alison
Sometimes there isn't a way to hug and make everything better.
I think sometimes to still be angry is appropriate, but you want to be able to live with it. - Jane Alison
I think sometimes to still be angry is appropriate, but you want to be able to live with it.
In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy. - Jane Alison
In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy.
My first memory is on a ship from California back to Sydney. Water is just a natural place of home and not home. - Jane Alison
My first memory is on a ship from California back to Sydney. Water is just a natural place of home and not home.
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