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> [“All he had to do to make me like him was need me. All he had to do to make Arty like him was drop dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/all-he-had-to-do-to-make-me-like-him-was-need-me-all-he-had-to-do-to/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

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## More by Katherine Dunn

> [Though 'Fat City' was written long before cellphones or the Internet, its human apparatus is state of the art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/though-fat-city-was-written-long-before-cellphones-or-the-internet/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [A true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/a-true-freak-cannot-be-made-a-true-freak-must-be-born/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/i-think-genetic-research-is-a-fascinating-and-fertile-area/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [A boxing gym is a place where men are allowed to be kind to one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/a-boxing-gym-is-a-place-where-men-are-allowed-to-be-kind-to-one/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [My own theory about the phlegmatic qualities and properties of the English is the mountain of pure white sugar hydrocarbons they consume every day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/my-own-theory-about-the-phlegmatic-qualities-and-properties-of-the/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [Sometimes we followed the crops, doing migrant labor. We did several years of tenant farming in Western Oregon starting in the early '50s. Later,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/sometimes-we-followed-the-crops-doing-migrant-labor-we-did-several/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [There should be unemployment insurance for fictional people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/there-should-be-unemployment-insurance-for-fictional-people/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [My handwriting was nothing to write home about, and I had this idea that calligraphy was like taking Latin in high school: that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/my-handwriting-was-nothing-to-write-home-about-and-i-had-this-idea/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [“There are those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behavior and claim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/there-are-those-whose-own-vulgar-normality-is-so-apparent-and/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [Only a lunatic would want to be president. These lunatics are created deliberately by those who wish to be presided over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/only-a-lunatic-would-want-to-be-president-these-lunatics-are-created/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [In a really good, closely matched situation, the style of the boxer is every bit as explicit and specific to him as a painter's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/in-a-really-good-closely-matched-situation-the-style-of-the-boxer-is/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/but-the-animation-has-become-very-good-and-i-think-that-a-movie-is/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [I'd always been fascinated by boxing and became very engaged with it through my husband, actually. But I started to write about it because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/i-d-always-been-fascinated-by-boxing-and-became-very-engaged-with-it/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [I thought that was actually kind of boring, that search for perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/i-thought-that-was-actually-kind-of-boring-that-search-for-perfection/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

> [American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunn/american-culture-is-torn-between-our-long-romance-with-violence-and/)

[Katherine Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunn/)

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