Mary Gaitskill Quotes

There is no way at all that Diana was mentally unstable. There is nothing wrong with expecting your husband to be faithful and being angry when he isn't. Diana had every reason to believe that Charles and Camilla never stopped seeing each other.

When I was working on 'Drown' - this was way back in the mid-'90s - I had this idea that I wanted to do another collected stories. I wanted to do another book like 'Drown' that focused specifically on infidelity.

Your wife doesn't want to hear a word about how hot your mistress is, and vice versa.

My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.

No adultery is bloodless.

My husband and I were very in love, and I had no reason to suspect that his interests lay anywhere else.

When I was in high school, I hid in the back seat of an old boyfriend's car when he was out with another girl. He finally found me, but not until after he had made out with her for an hour.

There is no doubt in my mind at all. The Duke of Edinburgh has had affairs - yes, full-blown affairs, and more than one.

I would be heartbroken if I found out my husband had a mistress.

There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering.

Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.

Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.

There are some things that other people just don't want to forgive you for. For instance, Woody Allen and Soon-Yi.

I once threw a water balloon on a girl because I caught her cheating on me. She was kissing my friend and I thought, 'Oh, this can't be happening.' It was bad and I was much older than you think throwing a water balloon. I was 14.

Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival.

Infidelity is horrible - there's nothing worse than that; it's devastating.

When he's late for dinner, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street. I always hope it's the street.

Because I've been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.

I discovered my wife in bed with another man, and I was crushed. So I said, 'Get off me, you two!'

Men are more prone to cheating, definitely.

It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

I haven't been faithful to my wife. Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities. I was irresponsible.

Men and women who decide to flirt with adultery just once can become enmeshed in misery and unhappiness for themselves and their precious families.

Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.

I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.