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

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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...

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...

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.

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

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.

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...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

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...

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...

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

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...

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...

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.

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.

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

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...

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...

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...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...