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

Quote by Kathy Acker

Topics: Fiction Quotes

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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

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

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

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

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

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

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

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

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

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

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

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

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

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

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have...

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have...