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

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

Dorothy Allison quotes: Twenty years after we had left so fierce and proud, we were all right back where we had started, yoked to each other and the same old drama.

Twenty years after we had left so fierce and proud, we were all right back where we had started, yoked to each other and the same old drama.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I have a terrible memory.

I have a terrible memory.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253)

I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253)

Dorothy Allison quotes: He loves her like a gambler loves a fast racehorse or a desperate man loves whiskey. That kind of love eats a man up.

He loves her like a gambler loves a fast racehorse or a desperate man loves whiskey. That kind of love eats a man up.

Dorothy Allison quotes: The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some of whose bodies are still walking around.

The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some of whose bodies are still walking around.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.

Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.

Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.

Dorothy Allison quotes: When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.

Dorothy Allison quotes: People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do the right thing because the world doesn't make sense if you don't. (145)

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do the right thing because the world doesn't make sense if you don't. (145)

Dorothy Allison quotes: Mama learned to laugh with them, before they could laugh at her, and to do it so well no one could be sure what she really thought or felt.

Mama learned to laugh with them, before they could laugh at her, and to do it so well no one could be sure what she really thought or felt.

Dorothy Allison quotes: he had never imagined she would leave him for messing around with girls he would never have married and didn't love.

he had never imagined she would leave him for messing around with girls he would never have married and didn't love.

Dorothy Allison quotes: And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people.

I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is the way you can both hate and love something you are not sure you understand.

Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is the way you can both hate and love something you are not sure you understand.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I can't write what I don't believe in.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft.

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

Dorothy Allison quotes: Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.

Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.

Dorothy Allison quotes: What's the best thing you can do for your writing? Construct a boring life.

What's the best thing you can do for your writing? Construct a boring life.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I was born trash in a land where the people all believe themselves natural aristocrats.

I was born trash in a land where the people all believe themselves natural aristocrats.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I am the only one who can tell the story of my life and say what it means.

I am the only one who can tell the story of my life and say what it means.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Why write stories? To join the conversation.

Why write stories? To join the conversation.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Piece by piece, my mother is being stolen from me.

Piece by piece, my mother is being stolen from me.

Dorothy Allison quotes: You are trying to put something on the page worth what it costs you to put it on the page.

You are trying to put something on the page worth what it costs you to put it on the page.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I am not here to make anyone happy. What I am here for is to claim my life, my mama's death, our losses and our triumphs, to name them for

I am not here to make anyone happy. What I am here for is to claim my life, my mama's death, our losses and our triumphs, to name them for myself.

Dorothy Allison quotes: My life has been saved over and over again by picking up a book in which someone captured the whole experience of being despised and not dying.

My life has been saved over and over again by picking up a book in which someone captured the whole experience of being despised and not dying.

Dorothy Allison quotes: That was what gospel was meant to do - make you hate and love yourself at the same time, make you ashamed and glorified.

That was what gospel was meant to do - make you hate and love yourself at the same time, make you ashamed and glorified.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I claimed myself and remade my life.

I claimed myself and remade my life.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world.

Stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world.

Dorothy Allison quotes: He never said "Don't tell your mama." He never had to say it. I did not know how to tell anyone what I felt, what scared me and shamed me

He never said "Don't tell your mama." He never had to say it. I did not know how to tell anyone what I felt, what scared me and shamed me ... (109)

Dorothy Allison quotes: Babies change things, open doors you thought were shut, close others. Make you into something you never been.

Babies change things, open doors you thought were shut, close others. Make you into something you never been.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Write to your fear.

Write to your fear.

Dorothy Allison quotes: We wanted a feminist revolution. I wanted it like a lover. I wanted it like justice.

We wanted a feminist revolution. I wanted it like a lover. I wanted it like justice.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Once I was born, her hopes had turned and I had climbed up her life like a flower reaching for the sun

Once I was born, her hopes had turned and I had climbed up her life like a flower reaching for the sun

Dorothy Allison quotes: The only magic we have is what we make in ourselves, the muscles we build up on the inside, the sense of belief we create from nothing.

The only magic we have is what we make in ourselves, the muscles we build up on the inside, the sense of belief we create from nothing.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Watch out, or I'm liable to put you in a story.

Watch out, or I'm liable to put you in a story.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.

Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.

Dorothy Allison quotes: If you write a book that's as powerful and successful as 'Bastard,' there's a strong desire to prove there's something else.

If you write a book that's as powerful and successful as 'Bastard,' there's a strong desire to prove there's something else.

Dorothy Allison quotes: It's fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.

It's fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.

Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.

Dorothy Allison quotes: No one knew she cried in the night for Lyle and her lost happiness, that under that biscuit crust exterior she was all butter grief and hunger.

No one knew she cried in the night for Lyle and her lost happiness, that under that biscuit crust exterior she was all butter grief and hunger.

Dorothy Allison quotes: It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.

It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Beauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of leisure time.

Beauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of leisure time.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is

I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been able to make a living at it is astonishing.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

Dorothy Allison quotes: One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.

One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Life ain't the movies.

Life ain't the movies.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Teenagers are free verse walking around on two legs.

Teenagers are free verse walking around on two legs.

Dorothy Allison quotes: I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.

I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.

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

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 quotes: fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

Dorothy Allison quotes: I have wanted everything as a writer and a woman, but most of all a world changed utterly by my revelations.

I have wanted everything as a writer and a woman, but most of all a world changed utterly by my revelations.

Dorothy Allison quotes: Survival is the least of my desires.

Survival is the least of my desires.