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Armies of the Night
“Anyway, I really liked Armies of the Night, and it’s a horrible book in some ways.”
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Mary Gaitskill
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01 / belief
Not entirely — I understand them by their words and actions as well, but I think people tell the truth with their face much more than they do with their words — and their tone of voice, and the way they move their body.
“Not entirely — I understand them by their words and actions as well, but I think people tell the truth with their face much more than they do with their words — and their tone of voice, and the way they move their body.”
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02 / belief
I want the reader to feel them, and that’s something that’s more unconscious almost. But I think that I want to create almost a feeling that you’re in the room with that person, and instead of dismissing them quickly, you open your psyche and just feel them.
“I want the reader to feel them, and that’s something that’s more unconscious almost. But I think that I want to create almost a feeling that you’re in the room with that person, and instead of dismissing them quickly, you open your psyche and just feel them.”
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03 / belief
I think, if I could come up with a general reason — not talking about my characters right now, but talking about people — I think people who seem like they just want to be unhappy or are incurably unhappy — it doesn’t have to do with what they want.
“I think, if I could come up with a general reason — not talking about my characters right now, but talking about people — I think people who seem like they just want to be unhappy or are incurably unhappy — it doesn’t have to do with what they want.”
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04 / belief
I think the broadest answer that a lot of people, including professionals, would agree with is, the problem is this can’t be implemented.
“I think the broadest answer that a lot of people, including professionals, would agree with is, the problem is this can’t be implemented.”
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05 / recommendation
Likes Armies of the Night.
“Anyway, I really liked Armies of the Night, and it’s a horrible book in some ways.”
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06 / belief
I think a lot of people don’t realize, “I may not be a person who can get something out of this, and I do not have to go through this program.
“I think a lot of people don’t realize, “I may not be a person who can get something out of this, and I do not have to go through this program.”
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07 / belief
The lawyer, the guy — Tulkinghorn, I think his name is — who decides to expose her, like their conversation is quite highly eroticized in a S&M way.
“The lawyer, the guy — Tulkinghorn, I think his name is — who decides to expose her, like their conversation is quite highly eroticized in a S&M way.”
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08 / evaluation
No. I think that even Victorian novels — it’s there. The first thing that pops into mind is Bleak House.
“No. I think that even Victorian novels — it’s there. The first thing that pops into mind is Bleak House.”
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09 / preference
A few years ago, I read the entire His Dark Materials trilogy, and I really enjoyed that.
“A few years ago, I read the entire His Dark Materials trilogy, and I really enjoyed that.”
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10 / evaluation
I thought maybe it’s just because I was old and not used to it, but when I published that — I needed to stop because I’m getting overstimulated — a lot of younger people, like former students, emailed me and said, “Yes, that’s how I feel.
“I thought maybe it’s just because I was old and not used to it, but when I published that — I needed to stop because I’m getting overstimulated — a lot of younger people, like former students, emailed me and said, “Yes, that’s how I feel.”
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11 / preference
I know I don’t have to, but if somebody says anything at all interesting, I want to respond. It’s very difficult for me not to respond because I’m curious, especially if it’s somebody who’s saying something that is very different from people I know in life.
“I know I don’t have to, but if somebody says anything at all interesting, I want to respond. It’s very difficult for me not to respond because I’m curious, especially if it’s somebody who’s saying something that is very different from people I know in life.”
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12 / evaluation
That is a very strange mentality to me. Also, she could have emailed me and said, “I prefer to be called they/their.
“That is a very strange mentality to me. Also, she could have emailed me and said, “I prefer to be called they/their.”
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13 / evaluation
Even the strongest of us is going to either die violently or age and get sick and come face to face with our weakness and the fact that we have no idea who we are or what we’re doing here. And we’re not aware of that most of the time because we’re just moving around in the world, but on the deathbed, the things we think were really important may not matter very much.
“Even the strongest of us is going to either die violently or age and get sick and come face to face with our weakness and the fact that we have no idea who we are or what we’re doing here. And we’re not aware of that most of the time because we’re just moving around in the world, but on the deathbed, the things we think were really important may not matter very much.”
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14 / evaluation
The thing about social media that everybody knows is, it allows people to be really awful in a way they wouldn’t in person because it’s easy to be really insulting and gross if you don’t even have to look at the person’s reaction or deal with the fact they may want to punch you in the face.
“The thing about social media that everybody knows is, it allows people to be really awful in a way they wouldn’t in person because it’s easy to be really insulting and gross if you don’t even have to look at the person’s reaction or deal with the fact they may want to punch you in the face.”
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15 / evaluation
Even some editors, I think, expect that people have gone through this program. That, I think, is quite destructive because of the reason I just said.
“Even some editors, I think, expect that people have gone through this program. That, I think, is quite destructive because of the reason I just said.”
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