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American culture is torn between our long romance with...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about fear, violence, culture, crime, criminals, americans, war

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about force, talent

As in the public sphere, there is ample evidence that...

As in the public sphere, there is ample evidence that women can be as physically aggressive behind closed doors as men.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about public, man

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they...

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

Quote by Katherine Dunn about fight, man

But I think everybody should write. I think those people...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about nation, people

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went...

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about school

But the animation has become very good, and I think that...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about good, good luck

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves...

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about culture, idea

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about love

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about magic, language, age, olderness

I know if I were in your generation I would be really...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing Sophia Loren as a sex object.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about sex

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about research

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

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I'm sure there are plenty of wonderful movie scripts as...

I'm sure there are plenty of wonderful movie scripts as scripts, and I don't see why they have to buy up all the book rights.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about commerce

If you did well, you were rewarded with middle-class neighborhoods, and I was given a neighborhood with tar-paper shacks, and the people were painfully poor.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about nation, people

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about survival, tools, fight, violence, human imperfections

Kids die now by either murder or accident - no disease on...

Kids die now by either murder or accident - no disease on any scale except rare diseases and they're an anomaly.

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Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is...

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about school, americans

Nonetheless, it is still popular to assert that all...

Nonetheless, it is still popular to assert that all female criminals are driven by male threat or patriarchal pressure.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about criminals

Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident.

Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident.

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