People begin to write in order to create what they have not found and, a little bit, to give something back. — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I was born trash in a land where the people all believe themselves natural aristocrats. — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I think it's wonderful that people in pickup trucks are buying two flats of dog food and a copy of 'Bastard.' I… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some of whose… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
My heart broke all over again. I wanted my life back, my mama, but I knew I would never have that. The… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
My assumption when I began writing was that you were never going to make any money. And you were never going to… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
For years and years, I convinced myself that I was unbreakable, an animal with an animal strength or something not human at… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I wanted to start over completely, to begin again as new people with nothing of the past left over. I wanted to… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
It has seemed to me that literature, as I meant it, was embattled, that it was increasingly difficult to find writing doing… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Entitlement, I have told them, is a matter of feeling like we rather than they.” — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People begin to write in order to create what they have not found and, a little bit, to give something back. — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
