Top 30 Quotes by Dorothy Allison

About Dorothy Allison

These are some quotes by American author Dorothy Allison Writer, who was born on April 11, 1949.

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

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

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

Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially for girls because it's the one place where you can do the forbidden.

Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially for girls because it's the one place where you can do the forbidden.

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 well better be beautiful.

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 well better be beautiful.

Dorothy Allison

My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class child - one who sometimes asks me for stories of my childhood but knows nothing of what it means to grow up poor and afraid. I have worked to make sure of that.

Dorothy Allison

I have a terrible memory.

I have a terrible memory.

Dorothy Allison

My assumption when I began writing was that you were never going to make any money. And you were never going to reach everyone. Therefore you had to do as much as you could in the service of something you genuinely believed in. And if you do that and people get upset, well, there you go.

Dorothy Allison

Where story comes from, I don't know. I know that I become obsessed with something. An idea, an image, a person, the way a person talks. And then something starts happening that I can't explain, and it has a lot to do with language.

Dorothy Allison

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

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