“They're just memories now. Time to write them off.”

Kathy Acker: Where does she get off?
Context: I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing. And about sex.
Writing for me is about my freedom. When I was a kid, my parents were like monsters to me, and the world extended from them. They were horrible. And I was this good little girl — I didn't have the guts to oppose them. They told me what to do and how to be. So the only time I could have any freedom or joy was when I was alone in my room. Writing is what I did when I was alone with no one watching me or telling me what to do. I could do whatever I wanted. So writing was really associated with body pleasure — it was the same thing. It was like the only thing I had.

As quoted in Boston Globe interview (4 January 1987)

Source: A Virtuous Woman

Source: Song Tear Me Down, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwIHlq_zSaw

Real Time with Bill Maher (15 October 2004)

Source: The Final Empire

Source: Winter's Tale

Source: The Fifth Witness