Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes arise begin people
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
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Mary Shelley beginconcentratemind Change image and share on social
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either. Bodhidharma ariseawarenessbody Change image and share on social