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

Quote by Kathy Acker

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

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

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

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...

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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

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

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...