Fiction Quotes by Dorothy Allison

she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant

— Dorothy Allison

“Simple answers, reductionist politics, are the most prone to compromise, to saying we’re addressing the essential issue and all that other stuff can slide.…

— Dorothy Allison

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if…

— Dorothy Allison

“I had to say to her that it isn’t just men, and it isn’t just men “like that.” I had to talk to her…

— Dorothy Allison

“Entitlement, I have told them, is a matter of feeling like we rather than they.”

— Dorothy Allison

“Love was something I would not have to worry about - the whole mystery of love, heartbreak songs, and family legends. Women who pined,…

— Dorothy Allison

“Behind the story I tell is the one I don't. Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make you…

— Dorothy Allison

Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring,…

— Dorothy Allison

I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. It gave me a vision that I could do something different,…

— Dorothy Allison

People begin to write in order to create what they have not found and, a little bit, to give something back.

— Dorothy Allison

The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn…

— Dorothy Allison

“The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends…

— Dorothy Allison

I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft.

— Dorothy Allison

I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement.

— Dorothy Allison

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. My sister became unmarried and pregnant during high…

— Dorothy Allison