Quotes by Katherine Dunn

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

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. (Katherine Dunn)

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

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

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here. (Katherine Dunn)

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

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

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers. (Katherine Dunn)

I think that it's really important to go away and come back. (Katherine Dunn)

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. (Katherine Dunn)