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 here's Australia and here's America and here's the Pacific. Jane Alison More Quotes by Jane Alison More Quotes From Jane Alison I can't say that fantasy instead of the 3D world is fine or good, but I know in my own life I have certain people I've kind of fixated upon to the point of pure fantasy. Then there's such a dilemma when here they are, and they're getting ever less and less like the way the fantasy has them. Jane Alison people way world I do some messing around with things, not necessarily about me but about place and people and the things around. Jane Alison people I grew up flying over oceans and moving and sailing. Jane Alison flying ocean moving There's a lot of water in everything I've ever written. There's always oceans and pools. Jane Alison pool ocean water When you get immersed in whatever you're writing, the world does suddenly get so filtered through what you're writing. And then of course what you're writing then filters the world right back. Jane Alison filters doe writing Early in the phase of being in a female body, there's all this desire that comes at you, a lot of it hostile, a lot of it dangerous, a lot of it ruinous. Jane Alison phases female desire Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be. Jane Alison teaching want writing 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 the thing. You try and grab it and it's not there. It's water. It disappears. Jane Alison faces trying water There's a quote that I learned in college a million years ago. "Happy, thought I, is the man who can, in one and the same embrace, hold both his love and the object of his love." Holding the feeling that you have and all the images that you've got and all the fantasies and romantic associations while also holding the actual core person that's been saddled with all of this. Jane Alison college men years You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful. Jane Alison painful sides sometimes I've always wanted to figure out how to do a walking story. I'd never figured out how to do one and have it work or be interesting or have anything that it's about. Jane Alison figures stories interesting I don't think you can have an imagination without having fantasy, and you can't have that rich a life without an imagination. Jane Alison fantasy imagination thinking In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy. Jane Alison romance real order When you're waiting for a bus, the thing to do is smoke a cigarette. Jane Alison bus cigarette waiting I wouldn't underestimate the power of writing a letter. Jane Alison underestimate letters writing I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing. Jane Alison able feelings writing I think sometimes to still be angry is appropriate, but you want to be able to live with it. Jane Alison able want thinking Sometimes there isn't a way to hug and make everything better. Jane Alison hug sometimes way I sometimes think that we expect too much resolution in this world. Jane Alison too-much world thinking That's what perfect means. You're finished. Jane Alison finished perfect mean
