Top 78 Quotes by Rachel Cusk

About Rachel Cusk

These are some quotes by Canadian author Rachel Cusk Novelist, who was born in 1967.

To be optimistic about something that is absolutely unknown to you is unfounded.

To be optimistic about something that is absolutely unknown to you is unfounded.

Rachel Cusk

I have some pretty forceful ideas about the world - obviously I do. But I suppose I can only really speak about them from within the protection of a literary form.

I have some pretty forceful ideas about the world - obviously I do. But I suppose I can only really speak about them from within the protection of a literary form.

Rachel Cusk

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

Rachel Cusk

If I know somebody is coming 'round, it is incredibly difficult for me to work because I'm waiting for this interruption - even the children's comings and goings are interruptions. Cake-making is a good way of coming out of that space.

Rachel Cusk

I'm a novelist, not a social scientist or a commentator.

I'm a novelist, not a social scientist or a commentator.

Rachel Cusk

The distinctive feature of my family was intolerance of sensitivity and emotion - 'Everything's great, it all has to be great all the time and why do you have to spoil it?' Whereas probably the most fundamental and important thing to me has been defending my right to tell the truth about how I feel.

Rachel Cusk

The British have always made terrible parents.

The British have always made terrible parents.

Rachel Cusk

What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?

What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?

Rachel Cusk

Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority.

Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority.

Rachel Cusk

The creativity of childhood was often surrendered amid feelings of unworthiness. So the idea that others are demanding to be given it back - to be 'taught' - is disturbing.

The creativity of childhood was often surrendered amid feelings of unworthiness. So the idea that others are demanding to be given it back - to be 'taught' - is disturbing.

Rachel Cusk

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