Dorothy Allison Quotes

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.

Dorothy Allison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1949

Topics

SisterGrowing UpGrowingHorrorUp

I just love to read, learn, and think through complex things.

Ann-Marie Campbell

LoveThinkLearnThroughComplex

I shudder at the image they would piece together.

Roger Vadim

TogetherImageWouldPieceShudder

When my parents were divorced in the late '70s, early '80s, the climate was that you should screw over your ex as much as possible - get the worst lawyer in the world, all that. That's not what people are out to do anymore. It feels cruddy to try and destroy each other just because you're breaking up.

Michaela Watkins

ParentsPeopleWorldLawyerYou

Playing mother to grown-up kids does not allure me much. I will not feel comfortable. Also, my fans will not like me with grey hair.

Divyanka Tripathi

MotherMeHairFeelGreyWill

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

Cobi Jones

TimeLongLong TimeDoneRightOver

There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.

Anurag Kashyap

CensorshipFilmMakingAny

People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There's a thing in psychology where they think if it's popular, it can't be serious.

Anthony Hopkins

PeopleThinkSeriousForgetWhere

I love bringing the colors and textures of other cultures. If I wear a dress that I bought from a street vendor in Bali on a red carpet, it's a way of bringing my travels with me.

Serinda Swan

LoveRedDressMeColorsStreet

For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society?

Tim Matheson

BlameSocietyAmericanYouGuilty

I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun.

Norah Jones

LoveFunBecauseMusicianSupposed

With the Internet, we can communicate instantly across the globe, but the net also makes it possible for us to shrink ever further into our own skins - a state of being that neither suits the human temperament nor provides ground for further growth.

Mariella Frostrup

GrowthSuitsInternetPossibleHuman

My favorite films, I would put my answering machine up to the television set and hit record. I'd tape my favorite movies and then I could go back and listen to them again. I only had the soundtrack, I didn't have the visuals. But I think it made me really pay attention to the soundtracks.

Mark Mothersbaugh

MeThinkAttentionBackTelevision

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