I think I would have died if there hadn’t been the women’s movement. It gave me a vision that I could do something different, and it gave me an understanding that I wasn’t a monster, or sport, or a betrayer of my family. Dorothy Allison Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. Dorothy Allison Read Quote
I think it’s wonderful that people in pickup trucks are buying two flats of dog food and a copy of ‘Bastard.’ I want my view of the world to be right up there next to gallon boxes of Tide. Dorothy Allison Read Quote
Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, salt and pepper, crispy bits of whatever meat anchored the meal, a couple of cups of water or milk and slow stirring to break up lumps. Dorothy Allison Read Quote
One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt. Dorothy Allison Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
