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Mary Gaitskill quotes: She was starved hurting limbs.

She was starved hurting limbs.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Things are always less important once you're assured of having them.

Things are always less important once you're assured of having them.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Of course there's something there; unfortunately, there's always something 'there.' Something you will one day be sorry you saw.

Of course there's something there; unfortunately, there's always something 'there.' Something you will one day be sorry you saw.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: For two people to satisfy everything each needs for their entire lives is a tall order. Some couples may be equipped to do this. Some are not.

For two people to satisfy everything each needs for their entire lives is a tall order. Some couples may be equipped to do this. Some are not.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I had really wanted adventure. At the time that I ran away, lots of kids ran away from home. It was something of a social phenomenon.

I had really wanted adventure. At the time that I ran away, lots of kids ran away from home. It was something of a social phenomenon.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Stories are the rich, unseen underlayer of the most ordinary moments.

Stories are the rich, unseen underlayer of the most ordinary moments.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Today I'm Yours. It was a crude and romantic song. But human feeling is crude and romantic.

Today I'm Yours. It was a crude and romantic song. But human feeling is crude and romantic.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Writing requires an intense inner focus, and sometimes you need to express outward, physically or socially.

Writing requires an intense inner focus, and sometimes you need to express outward, physically or socially.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I have to have dinner with my mother at nine and after that I won't be fit for human society.

I have to have dinner with my mother at nine and after that I won't be fit for human society.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: My ambition was to live like music.

My ambition was to live like music.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I didn't start thinking about what I wanted to do professionally until I was 17. I was a hippie, but I did write.

I didn't start thinking about what I wanted to do professionally until I was 17. I was a hippie, but I did write.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: The art of integrating the ego and the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response.

The art of integrating the ego and the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I remember the time I said, 'I don't think you love yourself. You need to learn to love yourself.'

I remember the time I said, 'I don't think you love yourself. You need to learn to love yourself.'

Mary Gaitskill quotes: At times she had thought that this was the only kind of connection you could have with people - intense, inexplicable and ultimately incomplete.

At times she had thought that this was the only kind of connection you could have with people - intense, inexplicable and ultimately incomplete.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I didn't want to keep forcing myself to grind out book after book.

I didn't want to keep forcing myself to grind out book after book.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I remember back in the '90s, I used to feel criticized by women for not having children. Like there must be something wrong with me.

I remember back in the '90s, I used to feel criticized by women for not having children. Like there must be something wrong with me.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: It's true that your environment influences how you write.

It's true that your environment influences how you write.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Anne Frank's diary made a very big impression on me at age 12 or so.

Anne Frank's diary made a very big impression on me at age 12 or so.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Three writers together would be a nightmare of obstreperous self-consciousness.

Three writers together would be a nightmare of obstreperous self-consciousness.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: The only way to know whats possible is to venture past impossible.

The only way to know whats possible is to venture past impossible.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: The first person to blow up my fashion consciousness was a 14-year-old girl named Sandrine. She was the most beautiful human I had ever seen.

The first person to blow up my fashion consciousness was a 14-year-old girl named Sandrine. She was the most beautiful human I had ever seen.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: He longed for a dim-eyed little slut with a big, bright mouth and black vinyl underwear.

He longed for a dim-eyed little slut with a big, bright mouth and black vinyl underwear.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: He was beginning to see her as a locked garden that he could sneak into and sit in for days, tearing the heads off the flowers.

He was beginning to see her as a locked garden that he could sneak into and sit in for days, tearing the heads off the flowers.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Somebody once said to me, 'If you want to be understood, don't write fiction.'

Somebody once said to me, 'If you want to be understood, don't write fiction.'

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons.

I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: You can't tell an 18-year-old to keep it down and turn off Britney Spears or whatever it is that they listen to.

You can't tell an 18-year-old to keep it down and turn off Britney Spears or whatever it is that they listen to.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I think once you write fiction, you put it out, and it can be interpreted in a variety of ways, some of which are going to be shocking to the

I think once you write fiction, you put it out, and it can be interpreted in a variety of ways, some of which are going to be shocking to the writer.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Sometimes I decide I don't want to write because it isn't the thing for me to be doing right then, and I go do something else.

Sometimes I decide I don't want to write because it isn't the thing for me to be doing right then, and I go do something else.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: It's nothing serious," he said. "It's just an obsession.

It's nothing serious," he said. "It's just an obsession.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I didn't like horses when I was a kid.

I didn't like horses when I was a kid.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: What are you thinking? She asks.-That you are beautiful. That not everyone could see it. I almost became the kind of person who could not.

What are you thinking? She asks.
-That you are beautiful. That not everyone could see it. I almost became the kind of person who could not.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: There are no pure people.

There are no pure people.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I think people try to make the most of their time on Earth and also to 'fix' their time on Earth.

I think people try to make the most of their time on Earth and also to 'fix' their time on Earth.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Everybody wanted to be depressed. But your depression was supposed to be funny, too, and that was what had proved too much for Dolores.

Everybody wanted to be depressed. But your depression was supposed to be funny, too, and that was what had proved too much for Dolores.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Feel like the bright past is coming through the gray present and I want to look at it one more time.

Feel like the bright past is coming through the gray present and I want to look at it one more time.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: The hurts of childhood that must be avenged: so small and so huge.

The hurts of childhood that must be avenged: so small and so huge.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: When looking out the window and watching the water becomes a drama, then literally everything is a drama.

When looking out the window and watching the water becomes a drama, then literally everything is a drama.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Stories mimic life like certain insects mimic leaves and twigs.

Stories mimic life like certain insects mimic leaves and twigs.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I found the world extraordinarily strange, having first left home at 15.

I found the world extraordinarily strange, having first left home at 15.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I had a strong conviction that there was something out there in the world that was wonderful.

I had a strong conviction that there was something out there in the world that was wonderful.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I wasn't ever anybody who had a political thing against marriage, but I just thought, 'Why would I want to do that?'

I wasn't ever anybody who had a political thing against marriage, but I just thought, 'Why would I want to do that?'

Mary Gaitskill quotes: My first and strongest memories about perfume come from childhood, from my mother, and they are a complex blend of her private and public selves.

My first and strongest memories about perfume come from childhood, from my mother, and they are a complex blend of her private and public selves.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I feel I'm often misunderstood by critics. People project a lot or exaggerate the subjective fragility simply because it's frightening to them.

I feel I'm often misunderstood by critics. People project a lot or exaggerate the subjective fragility simply because it's frightening to them.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: Valiantly, he tried to bring his soul to life in the small thing through which it had to live, and it was crushed, again and again.

Valiantly, he tried to bring his soul to life in the small thing through which it had to live, and it was crushed, again and again.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I don't know if I can say exactly what I seek in books, but one of them would be to deepen and expand my understanding of the world.

I don't know if I can say exactly what I seek in books, but one of them would be to deepen and expand my understanding of the world.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I think it actually started in my late thirties. I started changing psychologically, and it was difficult to translate that into my writing.

I think it actually started in my late thirties. I started changing psychologically, and it was difficult to translate that into my writing.

Mary Gaitskill quotes: I wanted to communicate and connect. I simply didn't seem able to do it.

I wanted to communicate and connect. I simply didn't seem able to do it.