Dorothy Allison Quotes - Page 4

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• 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

  Jobs, Facts, Want

  Dorothy Allison, Mae Miller Claxton (2012). “Conversations with Dorothy Allison”, p.87, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I claimed myself and remade my life.

  Dorothy Allison

  Dorothy Allison (1996). “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure”, p.56, Penguin

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• I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement.

  Dorothy Allison

  Thinking, Movement, Died

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.

  Dorothy Allison

  Challenges, Important, Equal

  Dorothy Allison, Mae Miller Claxton (2012). “Conversations with Dorothy Allison”, p.119, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I was born trash in a land where the people all believe themselves natural aristocrats.

  Dorothy Allison

  Believe, Land, People

  Dorothy Allison (1996). “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure”, p.33, Penguin

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• 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

  Girl, Kids, World

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• People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.

  Dorothy Allison

  People, World, Make Sense

  Dorothy Allison (2005). “Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel”, p.135, Penguin

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