Kathy Acker Quotes

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, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.
Kathy Acker

Dreams, Writing, Working

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.
Kathy Acker

Hurt, Important, Find

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully. It's sorta internal censorship. We censor each other.
Kathy Acker

Country, Dangerous, Seen

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.
Kathy Acker

Love, Society, Free

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.
Kathy Acker

Trying, Find, Working

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.
Kathy Acker

Men, Guys, Supportive

You can do whatever you want with my work.
Kathy Acker

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 it. And the riffs are about timing.
Kathy Acker

Time, Writing, Off

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.
Kathy Acker

Political, Country, Used

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.
Kathy Acker

Idea, Voice, Clear

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.
Kathy Acker

Best, Writing, Magic

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.
Kathy Acker

Found, Stuff, Voice

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.
Kathy Acker

Work, Mean, Once

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.
Kathy Acker

Work, Mean, Scared

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?
Kathy Acker

Understand, Between, Question

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible.
Kathy Acker

Best, Possible, Media

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.
Kathy Acker

Understand, Read, Books

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.
Kathy Acker

Until, Body, Found

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember it.
Kathy Acker

Remember, Write

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.
Kathy Acker

Actually, Students, Compared

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out.
Kathy Acker

Power, Country, Reasons

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.
Kathy Acker

Energy, Stuff, Yogi

That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.
Kathy Acker

Good, Left, Wing

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.
Kathy Acker

Bad, Against, Backlash

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.
Kathy Acker

Around, Horrible, Traveling

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: April 18, 1947

Died: November 30, 1997

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