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.

Mary Gaitskill

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The music business is rougher than the movie business. In film you get noticed in a small role, even in a movie that bombs. But in records you better have that hit or else it's 'See you later.'

Amy Madigan

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My mom was funny and nutty. I suppose she had to be to survive raising 10 kids. To cope and keep a cap on things, she kept us buoyant and harmonious. She wouldn't let us express anger, which later on landed me in therapy but also made it easier for me to play laid-back, measured roles.

Tony Shalhoub

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I keep my mind on track, and I don't get mad, and I don't get frustrated. Well, I do... but creative work, it's a way of controlling all that.

Ry Cooder

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I think that's what a lot of writers do, create a totally fantastical scenario that is a reflection of something else going on in their life.

Matt Bellamy

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Evidence and economic theory suggests that control of the Internet by the phone and cable companies would lead to blocking of competing technologies.

Marvin Ammori

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We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

Douglas Coupland

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I am no historian but have tried to stick tight to the facts.

Donald McCaig

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I don't hate. I love the Russian people. I love the Belarusan people... I love Ukraine very much.

Svetlana Alexievich

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Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.

Sharon Stone

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The Depression was remarkable because you had nothing, and the salaries, when you got a job, were very small. But you could do anything. You see, a donut was ten cents. A cup of coffee was a nickel. That was lunch, with an apple. And I would be playing a lead on a Broadway show on that kind of diet.

Norman Lloyd

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It's hard for me to answer questions I haven't thought about.

Ryne Sandberg

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We're very skeptical of people who are too perfect.

Morten Tyldum

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