Author: Katherine Dunn

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We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course.

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course.

- Katherine Dunn

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence by females, and to the growing evidence that women can be just as aggressive as men.

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence by females, and to the growing evidence that women can be just as aggressive as men.

- Katherine Dunn

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of genetic manipulation, nature versus nurture, what constitutes how people get to be how they are.

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of genetic manipulation, nature versus nurture, what constitutes how people get to be how they are.

- Katherine Dunn

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

- Katherine Dunn

Film is a different art form with its own demands and its own riches.

Film is a different art form with its own demands and its own riches.

- Katherine Dunn

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

- Katherine Dunn

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as some men and boys do.

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as some men and boys do.

- Katherine Dunn

I'm like every waitress in every diner; I'm like every mom driving her kids to school. I'm nothing special at all.

I'm like every waitress in every diner; I'm like every mom driving her kids to school. I'm nothing special at all.

- Katherine Dunn

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power.

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power.

- Katherine Dunn

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