Top 25 Quotes by Dorothy Allison of 84 - Page 4

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.

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 You, Character, Responsibility

And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

Dorothy Allison

Thinking, World

Dorothy Allison, Mae Miller Claxton (2012). “Conversations with Dorothy Allison”, p.90, Univ. Press of Mississippi

I can't write what I don't believe in.

Dorothy Allison

Believe, Writing, Don't Believe

Dorothy Allison, Mae Miller Claxton (2012). “Conversations with Dorothy Allison”, p.90, Univ. Press of Mississippi

I have a terrible memory.

Dorothy Allison

Memories, Terrible

Dorothy Allison, Mae Miller Claxton (2012). “Conversations with Dorothy Allison”, p.70, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Behind the story I tell is the one I don't...Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make you hear.

Dorothy Allison

Wish, Stories, Behinds

Dorothy Allison (1995). “Two Or Three Things I Know for Sure”, E P Dutton

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

Couple, Memories, Water

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

Sports, Thinking, Understanding

San Francisco Focus, www.imdb.com. December 23, 1996.

The worst thing in the world was the way I felt when I wanted us to be like the families in the books in the library, when I just wanted Daddy Glen to love me like the father in Robinson Crusoe. (209)

Dorothy Allison

Father, Book, Daddy