I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

Quote by Katherine Dunn

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...