All Kathy Acker Quotes
- But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men. Allen
- The personal interiorization of the practice of humiliation is called humility. Called
- The whole world is men's bloody fantasies. Atheism
- And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation. Easily
- GET RID OF MEANING. YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND. Been
- There's a point at which when I start to know a man well--this isn't true of women--I wonder whether there's something in him that's evil.… Artist
- I find waiting unbearable because it makes me passive and negates me. I hate being nothing. Find
- Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive. Both
- Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful when you use it. Grateful
- Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of… Basic
- You know I've had work banned. Banned
- Thats what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing. Figuring
- I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that,… Censored
- Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating. Energy
- The only reaction against an unbearable society is equally unbearable nonsense. Equally
- One of the most destructive forces in the world is love. For the following reason: The world is a conglomeration of objects, no, of events… All
- We don't have a clue what it is to be male or female, or if there are intermediate genders. Male and female might be fields… Androgyny
- Perhaps if human desire is said out loud, the urban planes, the prisons, the architectural mirrors will take off, as airplanes do. The black planes… Air
- I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them. Body
- I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by… Collective