Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

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  Watch out, or I'm liable to put you in a story.

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  The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some o

• Dorothy Allison:

  I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.