And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don’t think love saves you. Dorothy Allison Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My sisters, we didn’t like each other as kids. We were scared of each other, I think, but we’ve grown to love each other. It was fun to write about these sisters who were supposed to hate each other but really don’t. Dorothy Allison Read Quote
Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe. Dorothy Allison Read Quote
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 Read Quote
If somebody gave you several thousand dollars and nothin’ to do but write, would you be a writer then? Would you tell your stories, your family’s stories, then? Dorothy Allison Read Quote
