What we call identity is really just a collection of stories... - Kathy Acker

"What we call identity is really just a collection of stories we've internalized."

Kathy Acker Wisdom

Novelist American 1947–1997

More from 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."

"I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed."

"The best things in life are free."

"You can't have everything in life, but you can have what matters most."

"A woman's intuition is rarely wrong."