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Dorothy Allison Quotes

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Writer Quotes
Category:
American Writer Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 11, 1949
Nationality:
American
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Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.
Dorothy Allison

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

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

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.
Dorothy Allison

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

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

Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.
Dorothy Allison

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


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