"I find waiting unbearable because it makes me passive and negates me. I hate being nothing."

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Source : Kathy Acker (1991). “Hannibal Lecter, my father”, Semiotext

Kathy Acker

#Hate Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Unbearable Quotes

“I didn't mean to be a TV presenter, I just hated modeling. It feels very odd that it's turned into this 'It-girl' thing. What does that even mean? I wear clothes and I go out. It's so weird.”
“I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. December 31, 2003.
“In the creative state a man is taken out of himself.”
“Economic growth is the most important initiative every governor faces.”
“I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding.”
“I do sometimes think I could have done without the drugs actually; that was a waste of time, and a huge risk. But then again, there's nothing I can change, so in a way regret is pointless.”
“I want my tombstone to read: If this is a joke, I don't get it.”
“I love rehearsing because in rehearsals there are no mistakes, nothing is wrong, some things apply or lead you to focus on the character and the things that don't apply are equally valuable because they lead you to towards what does.”

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