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 Copy Share Image
I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing. — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
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… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy. — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
The state of love is this constant flux back and forth between who's saving and who's rescuing, who's wanting and not wanting, who's needing… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
“Making a self can be like writing, and now I think writing can be like home: a space you make that you dwell in… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
“Just as there can be a hole in these narratives, a memoir can be as much about what's forgotten as what's remembered.” — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
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… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
I think sometimes to still be angry is appropriate, but you want to be able to live with it. — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
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… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
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… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
I suppose you retire from trying. If you retire from trying, you think, "Maybe love will just come my way if I don't want… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
“When you're sixteen or seventeen meaning can be anywhere. A drop of rain running down the window is a symbol, a song comes on… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
