Top 120 Quotes by Rachel Kushner

About Rachel Kushner

These are some quotes by American author Rachel Kushner Writer, who was born in 1968.

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

I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.

I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.

Rachel Kushner

When one is the type of writer who cares about the meaning of the historically specific setting, the history itself is not something that I would call backdrop. It's not window dressing for a timeless relationship about love and betrayal. For me, the setting and the specific history are active co-agents with me in trying to form the novel.

Rachel Kushner

Subject matter is sort of overemphasized in the way books get discussed, I think.

Subject matter is sort of overemphasized in the way books get discussed, I think.

Rachel Kushner

I don't believe in the model of pure inspiration. All of my creative work stems from a dialogue with others.

I don't believe in the model of pure inspiration. All of my creative work stems from a dialogue with others.

Rachel Kushner

I grew up in Oregon, and then I lived in San Francisco and New York.

I grew up in Oregon, and then I lived in San Francisco and New York.

Rachel Kushner

I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.

I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.

Rachel Kushner

I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.

I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.

Rachel Kushner

Futurism eventually got marred by its link to Fascism, but early on, it was totally avant-garde, and I wanted to dream a phantom link from the early futurists to the politically radical Italy of the 1970s, a time of fun, play, subversion - if also violence and mayhem.

Rachel Kushner

I had a Stuart Davis poster growing up.

I had a Stuart Davis poster growing up.

Rachel Kushner

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