--- title: "87 Mary Gaitskill Quotes - Famous Novelist (Veronica)" description: "Mary Gaitskill quotes about love, writing, and guilt vs shame." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-gaitskill-65037.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-gaitskill-65037.jpg) # Mary Gaitskill (1954) Novelist United States **87** quotes in **369** categories Mary Gaitskill talks about love that comes with pain, like a treasure that can be shared. She also points out how writing can feel like forcing an ending that isn’t natural. Finally, she separates guilt, which is about actions, from shame, which is about who we think we are. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mary Gaitskill is a novelist from the United States, best known for *Veronica*. ## Quick Facts About Mary Gaitskill Born November 11, 1954 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works Veronica Spouse Peter Trachtenberg ## About Mary Gaitskill Mary Gaitskill is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. Her books include the short story collection Bad Behavior (1988) and Veronica (2005), which was nominated for both the National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. ## Awards & Honors Hopwood Award Guggenheim Fellowship ## Quotes by Mary Gaitskill > [I focus more on the spiritual or psychic gains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-focus-more-on-the-spiritual-or-psychic-gains/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Focus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/focus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/mary-gaitskill-7551_focus_i-focus-more-on-the-spiritual-or-psychic_600198.jpg) > [My ambition was to live like music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/my-ambition-was-to-live-like-music/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/mary-gaitskill-7551_ambition_my-ambition-was-to-live-like-music-22875_2287523.jpg) > [“She was starved hurting limbs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/she-was-starved-hurting-limbs/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Hurting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hurting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/mary-gaitskill-7551_quote_she-was-starved-hurting-limbs-1091518_1091518.jpg) > [I think, life is miserable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-think-life-is-miserable/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68a/mary-gaitskill-7551_life_i-think-life-is-miserable-808540_808540.jpg) > [“Demons especially enjoy metaphors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/demons-especially-enjoy-metaphors/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Demon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/mary-gaitskill-7551_demon_demons-especially-enjoy-metaphors-277971_2779711.jpg) > [“There are no pure people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/there-are-no-pure-people/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/mary-gaitskill-7551_people_there-are-no-pure-people-2254971_2254971.jpg) > [“I carry love wrapped in pain. That is my treasure and soon it will be yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-carry-love-wrapped-in-pain-that-is-my-treasure-and-soon-it-will-be/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/mary-gaitskill-7551_love_i-carry-love-wrapped-in-pain-that-is-my_85635.jpg) > [“It's nothing serious," he said. "It's just an obsession.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/it-s-nothing-serious-he-said-it-s-just-an-obsession/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/mary-gaitskill-7551_desire_it-s-nothing-serious-he-said-it-s-just-a_2188277.jpg) > [“Things are always less important once you're assured of having them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/things-are-always-less-important-once-you-re-assured-of-having-them/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Assured](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assured/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/842/mary-gaitskill-7551_assured_things-are-always-less-important-once-yo_2851979.jpg) > [“In my diary I wrote, “I fear my father’s anger, but I fear my mother’s love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/in-my-diary-i-wrote-i-fear-my-father-s-anger-but-i-fear-my-mother-s/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/mary-gaitskill-7551_father_in-my-diary-i-wrote-i-fear-my-father-s-a_1980115.jpg) > [“Everybody has their sadness. And most people are scared of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/everybody-has-their-sadness-and-most-people-are-scared-of-it/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Sadness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sadness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/mary-gaitskill-7551_sadness_everybody-has-their-sadness-and-most-peo_2969113.jpg) > [“I have to have dinner with my mother at nine and after that I won't be fit for human society.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-have-to-have-dinner-with-my-mother-at-nine-and-after-that-i-won-t/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Dinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dinner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/mary-gaitskill-7551_mother_i-have-to-have-dinner-with-my-mother-at_1814419.jpg) > [I think politics are a part of life, so I have no resistance to it, but it's not something I set out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-think-politics-are-a-part-of-life-so-i-have-no-resistance-to-it-but/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Art of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-of-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/mary-gaitskill-7551_art-of-life_i-think-politics-are-a-part-of-life-so-i_2416232.jpg) > [I think women who are very creative and giving members of society can be respected and accepted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-think-women-who-are-very-creative-and-giving-members-of-society-can/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/mary-gaitskill-7551_accepted_i-think-women-who-are-very-creative-and_1849363.jpg) > [I think if a woman is very happy with herself and at ease with her choices, it goes a long way toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-think-if-a-woman-is-very-happy-with-herself-and-at-ease-with-her/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/mary-gaitskill-7551_choices_i-think-if-a-woman-is-very-happy-with-he_2497845.jpg) > [I know several women my age who are really poor...because they spent most of their energy taking care of children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-know-several-women-my-age-who-are-really-poor-because-they-spent/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/mary-gaitskill-7551_age_i-know-several-women-my-age-who-are-real_1340286.jpg) > [Whenever young writers ask me for advice, I always say you have to be able to take a lot of rejection because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/whenever-young-writers-ask-me-for-advice-i-always-say-you-have-to-be/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/mary-gaitskill-7551_advice_whenever-young-writers-ask-me-for-advice_1934422.jpg) > [Dani said this woman, with whom she’d lived for two years, had never known her. “I feel like people accept the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/dani-said-this-woman-with-whom-she-d-lived-for-two-years-had-never/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/mary-gaitskill-7551_accepting_dani-said-this-woman-with-whom-she-d-liv_2302213.jpg) > [“Today the clerk in the fancy deli next door asked me how I was, and I said, 'I have deep longings that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/today-the-clerk-in-the-fancy-deli-next-door-asked-me-how-i-was-and-i/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Longings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/longings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/mary-gaitskill-7551_longings_today-the-clerk-in-the-fancy-deli-next-d_2682084.jpg) > [Most women at retirement have significantly less money than men, and they still get paid less than men. I'm sure that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/most-women-at-retirement-have-significantly-less-money-than-men-and/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/mary-gaitskill-7551_brain_most-women-at-retirement-have-significan_1553596.jpg) > [Of course there’s something there; unfortunately, there’s always something ‘there.’ Something you will one day be sorry you saw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/of-course-there-s-something-there-unfortunately-there-s-always/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [One day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/one-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/mary-gaitskill-7551_one-day_of-course-there-s-something-there-unfort_1838360.jpg) > [“Imagine ten pictures of me at Carson Models. In nine of them, I’m a real stupid girl, but in the tenth, I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/imagine-ten-pictures-of-me-at-carson-models-in-nine-of-them-i-m-a/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/mary-gaitskill-7551_beauty_imagine-ten-pictures-of-me-at-carson-mod_3158375.jpg) > [The best definition I've heard is that guilt is about what you've done, shame is about who you are. If something's out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/the-best-definition-i-ve-heard-is-that-guilt-is-about-what-you-ve/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Change yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change-yourself/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/mary-gaitskill-7551_change-yourself_the-best-definition-i-ve-heard-is-that-g_264624.jpg) > [“But life can give a lot. If you can’t see inside the heart no matter how you look, then why not look?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/but-life-can-give-a-lot-if-you-can-t-see-inside-the-heart-no-matter/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/mary-gaitskill-7551_life_but-life-can-give-a-lot-if-you-can-t-see_345092.jpg) > [Sexuality is a place where people are very vulnerable and can be experiencing and embodying very raw forces that they don't really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/sexuality-is-a-place-where-people-are-very-vulnerable-and-can-be/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/mary-gaitskill-7551_people_sexuality-is-a-place-where-people-are-ve_579829.jpg) > [It was like everything that supported the relationship was coming from the outside. Judging by all the signs, we were a perfectly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/it-was-like-everything-that-supported-the-relationship-was-coming/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Ads](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ads/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/mary-gaitskill-7551_ads_it-was-like-everything-that-supported-th_1868475.jpg) > [I can be very in my head, but I don't trust my head all that much. My head is crazy. My head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-can-be-very-in-my-head-but-i-don-t-trust-my-head-all-that-much-my/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/mary-gaitskill-7551_children_i-can-be-very-in-my-head-but-i-don-t-tru_2558293.jpg) > [“I watched voyeuristically, knowing I was peeping at people in the middle of a collective dream. I imagined myself among them, part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-watched-voyeuristically-knowing-i-was-peeping-at-people-in-the/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/mary-gaitskill-7551_dream_i-watched-voyeuristically-knowing-i-was_1834377.jpg) > [I don't have an opinion about whether or not politics should appear more in fiction or not, generally. I think politics are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-don-t-have-an-opinion-about-whether-or-not-politics-should-appear/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Art of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-of-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/mary-gaitskill-7551_art-of-life_i-don-t-have-an-opinion-about-whether-or_1763080.jpg) > [There isn't going to be anyone to tell you what to do most of the time. It has to be your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/there-isn-t-going-to-be-anyone-to-tell-you-what-to-do-most-of-the/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Be prepared](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-prepared/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/mary-gaitskill-7551_be-prepared_there-isn-t-going-to-be-anyone-to-tell-y_873188.jpg) > [Writing is… being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/writing-is-being-able-to-take-something-whole-and-fiercely-alive-that/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/mary-gaitskill-7551_able_writing-is-being-able-to-take-something_1595245.jpg) > [I think, as we go through life, we can sometimes, while still staying essentially true to ourselves, pick up mannerisms or modes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-think-as-we-go-through-life-we-can-sometimes-while-still-staying/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Changed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/changed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/mary-gaitskill-7551_changed_i-think-as-we-go-through-life-we-can-som_2573245.jpg) > [“But I think that this apparent desire to be a victim cloaks an opposing dread: that Americans are in truth profoundly, neurotically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/but-i-think-that-this-apparent-desire-to-be-a-victim-cloaks-an/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/106/mary-gaitskill-7551_fear_but-i-think-that-this-apparent-desire-to_2402129.jpg) > [“I viewed him romantically, but not with the expectation that anything sexual could happen between us; that didn’t occur to me. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/i-viewed-him-romantically-but-not-with-the-expectation-that-anything/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Aroused](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aroused/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/mary-gaitskill-7551_aroused_i-viewed-him-romantically-but-not-with-t_2927227.jpg) > [When my first book came out, it was very disorienting. My health went south. I didn't know how to relate to people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/when-my-first-book-came-out-it-was-very-disorienting-my-health-went/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/mary-gaitskill-7551_book_when-my-first-book-came-out-it-was-very_292620.jpg) > [“He felt like a man in a small boat under which a huge sea creature has passed, causing the boat to pitch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/he-felt-like-a-man-in-a-small-boat-under-which-a-huge-sea-creature/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Liked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liked/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/mary-gaitskill-7551_quote_he-felt-like-a-man-in-a-small-boat-under_2139685.jpg) > [“She was delicately morbid in all her gestures, sensitive, arrogant, vulnerable to flattery. She veered between extravagant outbursts of opinion and sudden,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/she-was-delicately-morbid-in-all-her-gestures-sensitive-arrogant/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Arrogant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/mary-gaitskill-7551_arrogant_she-was-delicately-morbid-in-all-her-ges_3178922.jpg) > [“The most rigid pattern was not the one imposed by the school system or the adolescent social system. It was the pattern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/the-most-rigid-pattern-was-not-the-one-imposed-by-the-school-system/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Inner world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inner-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/mary-gaitskill-7551_inner-world_the-most-rigid-pattern-was-not-the-one-i_984679.jpg) > [“Sometimes I don't know anymore if it really is love. I have been carrying it for so long.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/sometimes-i-don-t-know-anymore-if-it-really-is-love-i-have-been/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/mary-gaitskill-7551_love_sometimes-i-don-t-know-anymore-if-it-rea_1808772.jpg) > [The art of integrating the ego and the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/the-art-of-integrating-the-ego-and-the-impulse-for-empathy-in-a/) [Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/mary-gaitskill-7551_art_the-art-of-integrating-the-ego-and-the-i_2720629.jpg) ## Mary Gaitskill by topic [Thinking (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/mary-gaitskill/) [People 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