my life has been saved over and over again by picking up a book in which someone captured the whole experience of being despised and not dying.
Dorothy AllisonI 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 AllisonDelia picked at the raw sores of her conscience...Drunk or sober, Delia lived in the small town in her heart, ignoring the world in which all her love had turned to grief.
Dorothy AllisonWomen lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure
Dorothy Allison