Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority.
Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk
Feminism remains something that
Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
Rachel Cusk
The British have always
The British have always made terrible parents.
Rachel Cusk
I am a good
I am a good and interested mother – which has surprised me.
Rachel Cusk
You could time a
You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that’s lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that’s lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
Rachel Cusk
Hope is one of
Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn’t necessarily prove anything.
Rachel Cusk
I absolutely don’t dislike
I absolutely don’t dislike children – I would choose their company over adult company any time.
Rachel Cusk
There are certain types
There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential – it’s as if they themselves were art objects. They feel as if their lives are written narratives, or pieces of music.
Rachel Cusk
The reaction to ‘Aftermath’
The reaction to ‘Aftermath’ has been far worse than to ‘A Life’s Work,’ yet I find I’m perhaps a little less touched by it. In both cases, I’ve coped artistically by believing the criticisms weren’t right. They upset me, but they didn’t challenge my understanding of how to write, nor of how morality functions in literature.
Rachel Cusk
It’s a pretty brutal
It’s a pretty brutal process, having a baby.
Rachel Cusk