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

Quote by Kathy Acker

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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 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'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...

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

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

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

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

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...

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'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

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

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...

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 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...

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

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.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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

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

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.