When you're writing a story, you're creating something of an artificial ending. Mary Gaitskill More Quotes by Mary Gaitskill More Quotes From Mary Gaitskill 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 writeaboutstartthinking I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support. Mary Gaitskill aloneyousupportpeople When I was writing 'Bad Behavior,' I was very, very quiet. I would just sit there and listen to people. And if I was out in public, I was usually quiet, and people tended to assume I was stupid because I was a young, pretty girl who's quiet. Mary Gaitskill girlbehaviorstupidpeople I loved to read and would read anything that roused my interest, whether it was below my age level or above it, even if I could barely make sense of it. Mary Gaitskill senselovedanythingage Anne Frank's diary made a very big impression on me at age 12 or so. Mary Gaitskill diarybigmeage Three writers together would be a nightmare of obstreperous self-consciousness. Mary Gaitskill wouldnightmarethreetogether I wanted to communicate and connect. I simply didn't seem able to do it. Mary Gaitskill simplyseemconnectable Married, you're basically part of the herd, and that makes life easier in a lot of ways in terms of social support. But if you're not by nature a herd animal, you start to feel like you're passing. Mary Gaitskill younatureanimallife Where I grew up, in the Detroit area, there was a really good station. Sometimes you would hear songs for the first time on the radio, and if a really special song came on, somebody would turn it up, and everybody would just stop talking. Mary Gaitskill goodyoutimesong People say that if you talk too much about sex, you take away the mystery. I say, if you're somebody who likes to talk, talk all you want - it's not listening. You will never take away the mystery. Mary Gaitskill neveryousexpeople I don't think that the Internet creates feelings that aren't there, nor does it provide an outlet. On the contrary, what I have thought about things like computer games - what has disturbed me about them - is that they appear to stimulate feelings of aggression without providing any physical release. Mary Gaitskill thoughtthinkmeinternet Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses. Mary Gaitskill meridinghorsecourage Everyone says 'Anna Karenina' is about individual desire going against society, but I actually think the opposite is stronger: the way societal forces limit the expression of the individual. Mary Gaitskill thinkstrongersocietyway I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons. Mary Gaitskill i-believedifferentbelievepeople 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 knowi-canunderstandingworld Having watched television, I would kind of play the role or picture myself on a television show or something like that. That's maybe always been true of a certain type of kid, even before television maybe, but I think it's been amplified to an insane level. Mary Gaitskill picturemyselfthinktelevision
