Kathy Acker

"Writing is a form of theft, a way of taking what doesn't belong to you and making it your own."

"I'm trying to be a moral person and at the same time accept that I'm not a good person."

"The more you own, the more it owns you."

"Love is the most violent emotion."

"Art should be dangerous and disturbing."

"Language is the only homeland."

"To be an artist is to fail as others succeed."

"The body is a text that can be read."

"I am writing to discover what I think."

"Desire is the beginning of understanding."

"We must destroy the structures that bind us."

"Death is only bad if you're afraid of it."

"To know yourself is to know nothing."

"Art makes nothing happen, which is why it's essential."

"Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted."

"I write because I'm desperate."

"Love without pain is not love."

"The world is made of stories, not atoms."

"To be alive is to make choices."

"Freedom is terrifying and exhilarating."

"I believe in the power of language to transform."

"Consciousness is a disease."

"We are all criminals in the eyes of the law."

"Art is a mirror held up to society."

"To love is to be vulnerable."

"Knowledge is power, but power corrupts."

"The past haunts us whether we acknowledge it or not."

"Courage is doing what you believe in despite the cost."

"Money is just crystallized time."

"True freedom requires the ability to fail."