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Kathy Acker Quotes

There’s a backlash against womyn that’s really bad right now Picture Quote #1

Thats what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing Picture Quote #1

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating Picture Quote #1

All memory can do is scream for touch Picture Quote #1

If you ask me what I want, I’ll tell you. I want everything Picture Quote #1

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men Picture Quote #1

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I’m what happens after death, which is writing Picture Quote #1

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic Picture Quote #1

One of the reasons I think the ultra right - wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out Picture Quote #1

I understand that when people read my books that there’s something there - but I don’t identify with it Picture Quote #1

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 postmodern theorists Picture Quote #1

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist Picture Quote #1

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We’ve been very bad at understanding why the right - wing does things Picture Quote #1

But I still don’t have a clear idea of what my voice is Picture Quote #1

You can do whatever you want with my work Picture Quote #1

I mean, they censor your work when they’re scared of it Picture Quote #1

I mean, once work’s out there it’s meant to be used Picture Quote #1

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff Picture Quote #1

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We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you’ve just encountered which isn’t censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way Picture Quote #1

We come crawling through these cracks, orphans, lobotomies; if you ask me what I want, I’ll tell you. I want everything. Whole rotten world come down and break. Let me spread my legs Picture Quote #1

GET RID OF MEANING. YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND Picture Quote #1

I am a limitless series of natural disasters and all of these disasters have been unnaturally repressed Picture Quote #1

It’s all up to you, girls. You have to be strong. These are the days of post-women’s liberation. You have grown up by now and you have to take care of yourself. No one’s going to help you Picture Quote #1

I have become interested in languages which I cannot make up, which I cannot create or even create in: I have become interested in languages which I can only come up upon (as I disappear), a pirate upon buried treasure. The dreamer, the dreaming, the dream. I call these languages, languages of the body Picture Quote #1

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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 which overlap into androgyny or different kinds of sexual desires. But because we live in a Western, patriarchal world, we have very little chance of exploring these gender possibilities Picture Quote #1

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you’ve just encountered which isn’t censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way Picture Quote #1

My nutritionist read my pathology report and said, There’s only one way you can beat your cancer.What’s that?You have to find out what caused it Picture Quote #1

Writing must be a machine for breaking down, that is, allowing the now uncontrolled and uncontrollable reconstitutions of thoughts and expressions. All other kinds of writing simply express Picture Quote #1

You can’t change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want Picture Quote #1

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 postmodern theorists Picture Quote #1

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There’s a backlash against womyn that’s really bad right now (Kathy Acker Quotes) Thats what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing (Kathy Acker Quotes) Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating (Kathy Acker Quotes) All memory can do is scream for touch (Kathy Acker Quotes) If you ask me what I want, I’ll tell you. I want everything (Kathy Acker Quotes) But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men (Kathy Acker Quotes) I’m what happens after death, which is writing (Kathy Acker Quotes) First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic (Kathy Acker Quotes) One of the reasons I think the ultra right - wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out (Kathy Acker Quotes) I understand that when people read my books that there’s something there - but I don’t identify with it (Kathy Acker Quotes) 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 postmodern theorists (Kathy Acker Quotes) I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist (Kathy Acker Quotes) We’ve been very bad at understanding why the right - wing does things (Kathy Acker Quotes) But I still don’t have a clear idea of what my voice is (Kathy Acker Quotes) You can do whatever you want with my work (Kathy Acker Quotes) I mean, they censor your work when they’re scared of it (Kathy Acker Quotes) I mean, once work’s out there it’s meant to be used (Kathy Acker Quotes) I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff (Kathy Acker Quotes) We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you’ve just encountered which isn’t censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way (Kathy Acker Quotes) We come crawling through these cracks, orphans, lobotomies; if you ask me what I want, I’ll tell you. I want everything. Whole rotten world come down and break. Let me spread my legs (Kathy Acker Quotes) GET RID OF MEANING. YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND (Kathy Acker Quotes) I am a limitless series of natural disasters and all of these disasters have been unnaturally repressed (Kathy Acker Quotes) It’s all up to you, girls. You have to be strong. These are the days of post-women’s liberation. You have grown up by now and you have to take care of yourself. No one’s going to help you (Kathy Acker Quotes) I have become interested in languages which I cannot make up, which I cannot create or even create in: I have become interested in languages which I can only come up upon (as I disappear), a pirate upon buried treasure. The dreamer, the dreaming, the dream. I call these languages, languages of the body (Kathy Acker Quotes) 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 which overlap into androgyny or different kinds of sexual desires. But because we live in a Western, patriarchal world, we have very little chance of exploring these gender possibilities (Kathy Acker Quotes) We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you’ve just encountered which isn’t censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way. (Kathy Acker Quotes) My nutritionist read my pathology report and said, There’s only one way you can beat your cancer.What’s that?You have to find out what caused it. (Kathy Acker Quotes) Writing must be a machine for breaking down, that is, allowing the now uncontrolled and uncontrollable reconstitutions of thoughts and expressions. All other kinds of writing simply express. (Kathy Acker Quotes) You can’t change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want. (Kathy Acker Quotes) 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 postmodern theorists. (Kathy Acker Quotes)

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