The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.
Ariel GoreMy own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept a journal at all, I kept it to vent.
Ariel GoreIt is a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructible in our wake and, at the same time, are drawn to all the things that kill: whiskey and cigarettes, unprotected sex, and deep-fried burritos.
Ariel GoreWhen I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.
Ariel Gore