Quotes by Kathy Acker, page 2

Kathy Acker - american Activist

Life period: 1947-1997

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

Quote by Kathy Acker about students, body

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

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various breathing techniques and why in these practices language is being used in another way.

Quote by Kathy Acker about language, being

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

Quote by Kathy Acker about students

I've always turned to the media because one thing people like that fear is exposure.

Quote by Kathy Acker about fear, things, people

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.

Quote by Kathy Acker about society, love

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out.

Quote by Kathy Acker about country, power, rightness

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Quote by Kathy Acker about yoga

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

Quote by Kathy Acker about rightness, good, good luck

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have.

Quote by Kathy Acker about literary critic, culture

The students who come to my class are very closely related to all the evil girls who are very interested in their bodies and sex and pleasure.

Quote by Kathy Acker about students, pleasure, sex

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

Quote by Kathy Acker about bad luck, rightness, bad

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

Quote by Kathy Acker about nation, people

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

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

Quote by Kathy Acker about bad luck, rightness, bad, things

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Quote by Kathy Acker about fear

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writing, time

When Allen's work came into the world it really shocked everyone because his poetry comes from a very seductive place.

Quote by Kathy Acker about poetry, work, world

When it comes to Allen and Burroughs, I'm very supported. That's not the segment of the population I find problematic.

Writing is what I did when I was alone with no one watching me or telling me what to do. I could do whatever I wanted.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writing