Quotes by : Katherine Dunn

I know that some of the finest writing I've ever read has been sports writing, whatever the topic was,....

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

It is, I suppose, the common grief of children at having to protect their parents from reality. It is....

At its heart, 'Fat City' is not about boxing. It is a universal story of grim realities and toxic delusions.....

[Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark.....

I think I’m getting a notion of how to do this. O.K., a carnival works because people pay to feel amazed....

In the United States, female fisticuffs were marginalized, first as erotic vaudeville in the 19th century....

The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies....

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

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought....