One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
More Quotes from 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
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
When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him laughing at things I didn't know the references to. There is an intimacy between Chicago writers and the population of this city that I find really wonderful. It's warm and it's welcoming. It's a little like going to a Baptist church. They know when to say 'Amen'.
Dorothy Allison
Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.
Dorothy Allison
Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.
Dorothy Allison
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