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.
Dorothy Allison

Race, Inside, Class

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

Truth, Lies, Meaning

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

Change, Everything, Open

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

Love, Enough, Tell

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

Women, Died, Movement

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

Class, Background, Contempt

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

Made, Two, Rather

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

While, Read, Sister

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: April 11, 1949

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