Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not. Rachel Kushner cityconstantdecide share on social
I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way. Rachel Kushner happyinteriorlove Change image and share on social
The Seventies seemed like this really open time. There were a lot of strong women characters deciding what kind of artists they wanted to be. Rachel Kushner artistcharacterdecide Change image and share on social
My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good. Rachel Kushner finegoodjob Change image and share on social
I had always wanted to include images in a novel, and with my first book, 'Telex From Cuba,' I made an elaborate website that is basically all images. Rachel Kushner basicallybookcuba Change image and share on social
My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself. Rachel Kushner childhoodcubaimpact Change image and share on social
In fiction, there happens to be a long history of creative engagement with marginality, with the very human components of society that others don't want to think about, from writers such as Dostoyevsky, Baudelaire, and Rimbaud to Genet and Sarrazin and right on up to Norman Mailer. Rachel Kushner baudelairecomponentcreative share on social
The interaction between the two matters, but to me, each doesn't really exist independently of the other, so I'm not ever faced with a situation where the tone is wrong for the story, or the story wrong for the tone. They are two parts of one thing. Rachel Kushner existfaceindependently share on social
The 1970s seemed particularly playful. People were trying to make work that couldn't be sold. Rachel Kushner 1970smakepeople Change image and share on social
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
