An Interview With Mary Gaitskill

1.Did you always want to be a writer?

I didn’t seriously consider what I wanted to be until I was maybe 14 and then, yes I wanted to be a writer. It was the only thing I could do well and felt fully engaged by. Though I did enjoy painting for awhile I realized quickly that I couldn’t express myself well enough that way. Also I could not have afforded the materials while living as an itinerant teen or even as a tiny-apartment dweller in my 20s.

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