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I don't really know what the Great American Novel is. I like the idea that there could be one now, and I wouldn't object if someone thought it was mine, but I don't claim to have written that - I just wrote my book. Rachel Kushner americanbookclaim share on social
One of the strategies for doing first-person is to make the narrator very knowing, so that the reader is with somebody who has a take on everything they observe. Rachel Kushner knowmakenarrator Change image and share on social
I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image. Rachel Kushner beginbookcharacter Change image and share on social
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? Jay-Z albumcoolface share on social
When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I'm doing now, that's a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences. Robert Glasper armstrongaudiencecoltrane Change image and share on social
After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that! Feist abilitychildlikecloth share on social
