Mary Gaitskill Quotes
I think that's the real reason, sometimes, that people talk about my stories as being scary, because if you compare what goes on in my stories to what goes on in popular movies and popular songs, it's very mild.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
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My mother has done so much for me in my life and has continuously been there and been my rock.
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.
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I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.
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I've enjoyed all the work I've done, and I feel quite lucky that I haven't been playing sweet girls all the time.
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I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to write better. It's a dance between you, your characters, and your editor.
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If I had sat around and waited until I had an idea to be a successful photographer, I would still be in finance.
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The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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I think that's the real reason, sometimes, that people talk about my stories as being scary, because if you compare what goes on in my stories to what goes on in popular movies and popular songs, it's very mild.
