Kathy Acker Quotes
Kathy Acker (née Karen Lehmann) was an American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, essayist, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer.
(1947 - 1997)
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And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.
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And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.
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But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.
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But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.
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First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.
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I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.
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I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.
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I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.
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I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.
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I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?
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I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.
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I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible.
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I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully. It's sorta internal censorship. We censor each other.
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I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.
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I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.
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I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.
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I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember it.
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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.
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I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.
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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.
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