Katherine Dunn Quotes

I'd never write off a whole sex.

I'm not sexist, I'm just a realist.

I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and it doesn't occur to somebody that the lawyer, the best friend, the landlord, whoever, can be female.

It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other.

I believe it's on everyone - men and women - to knock down stereotypes and outdated assumptions.

People put stock in someone being in a 'girl group,' but we don't say that a band is a 'man group.'

I'm known for being annoyingly gender-focused. It's always been my platform.

When you write, you are not either sex. But when you're read you are definitely gendered.

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman.

Women's director! Well, I'm very pleased to be considered a master of anything, but remember, for every Jill there was a Jack. People like to pigeonhole you - it's a shortcut, I guess, but once they do, you're stuck with it.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.

I have no prejudice against male or female.

Women exist in my imagination. So they are necessarily a type of abstraction. Many women criticise me for this vision, but I explain to them it's to be expected, because I am a man.

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.

I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.

Boys are different from girls, but boys are also different from other boys, just as girls are different from other girls. Calling a book 'for boys' or 'for girls' is well-meaning, but to me, not terribly helpful.

With a male-centric show, the women are usually very two-dimensional.

The only moment I become aware of being the only woman in a meeting is when actresses are being discussed. If someone's critical of how a woman looks, they turn to me and apologize.

I've spent my life arguing for greater respect between men and women and anyone who takes the time to read my books or listen to my lectures will realise this.

Sexism is part of every industry and must be addressed. But I try not to focus on the negative but the positive side of what we can bring.

I think women are very ambidextrous. We don't think twice about reading a book or a movie starring guys. But for guys, it's, like, 'Oh my God, that's a woman thing.' So with my son, I very carefully portion out the female heroes and characters to make sure he's getting an equal amount.

I never saw gender as a barrier.