Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of genetic manipulation, nature versus nurture, what constitutes how people get to be how they are.
More Quotes from 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
Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still unknown.
Katherine Dunn
Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.
Katherine Dunn
The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power.
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
The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.
Katherine Dunn
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Nature Quotes, Nurture QuotesI think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.
Moon Unit Zappa
It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
Emil Zatopek
In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
Garrett Hardin