When my first book came out, it was very disorienting. My health went south. I didn't know how to relate to people. I thought, "Now I have this way to be in the world that's going to be wonderful. It'll be like driving a great car, really streamlined." But it actually was difficult because, if you have a public persona, something you don't fully have control over, it's more like being in a car with controls you don't really understand.
Mary GaitskillI think politics are a part of life, so I have no resistance to it, but it's not something I set out to do.
Mary GaitskillWhat are you thinking?” She asks. -That you are beautiful. That not everyone could see it. I almost became the kind of person who could not.
Mary Gaitskill