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Mary Gaitskill Quotes

American - Novelist | November 11, 1954 -

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.

Think You Write Out Fiction Going

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.

People Think You Sometimes Movies

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

People Feel Misunderstood Project

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 Down Listen Turn Whatever Tell

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

World Strong Out Conviction Had

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.

Home Time Adventure Social Something

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

Environment You True Write Your How

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

Kid Like Horses

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

Time People Think Earth Try Fix

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.

Girl Beautiful Fashion Person She

Between my hatred of mall shopping and my mother's firm ideas about how a girl should dress, my style choices were pretty unenthusiastic: plaid skirts or whatever empire-waisted thingamabob was on sale at Sears.

Mother Girl Style Dress Ideas

The two basic social identities were Normal and Greaser; although a few sophisticated girls wore peace signs, hippies didn't exist, and while a seminal punk band, Iggy and the Stooges, was playing in nearby Ann Arbor, punk didn't exist yet, either.

Peace Band Two Signs Punk Normal

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