Quotes by Kathy Acker

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

"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."

"Wisdom principle 104 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 12."

"Wisdom principle 89 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 3."

"Wisdom principle 78 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 97."

"Wisdom principle 73 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 94."

"Wisdom principle 68 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 91."

"Wisdom principle 63 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 88."

"Wisdom principle 18 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 61."

"Wisdom principle 13 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 58."

"Wisdom principle 3 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 52."

"But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men."

"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."

"Wisdom principle 99 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 9."

"Wisdom principle 94 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 6."

"Wisdom principle 83 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 100."

"Wisdom principle 53 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 82."

"Wisdom principle 48 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 79."

"Wisdom principle 43 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 76."

"Wisdom principle 23 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 64."

"Wisdom principle 8 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 55."

"Wisdom principle 58 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 85."

"Wisdom principle 38 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 73."

"Wisdom principle 33 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 70."

"Wisdom principle 28 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 67."

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

"Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating."

"And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation."

"I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it."

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

"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."

"First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic."

"I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible."

"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."

"It is a profound truth that let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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

"You can do whatever you want with my work."

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

"Justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used."

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

"And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever."

"It is a unyielding truth that do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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

"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."

"It is a quiet truth that every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below."

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

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

"The present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"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."