I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.
Dorothy AllisonTwo or three things I know, two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that to go on living I have to tell stories, that stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world
Dorothy AllisonPeople 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 AllisonBabies change things, open doors you thought were shut, close others. Make you into something you never been.
Dorothy Allison