Kathy Acker

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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

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

I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You know, a woman who feels like a human being. That means so much to me.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

I don't like to get in front of people.