I am occasionally enraptured by Western landscape. But I don't identify that state of mind as having to do with my own origins, having grown up in the West, although I certainly crisscrossed Nevada countless times growing up, and then as a young adult, in cars and on motorcycles. Rachel Kushner adultcarcountless share on social
Subject matter is sort of overemphasized in the way books get discussed, I think. Rachel Kushner bookdiscussmatter Change image and share on social
I grew up in Oregon, and then I lived in San Francisco and New York. Rachel Kushner franciscogrowlive Change image and share on social
I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often. Rachel Kushner baudelairelotread Change image and share on social
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 anticipategroupidea Change image and share on social
I think the art world heightens the intensity of desires for inclusion, and the humiliations of exclusion, which is why it's a great place to circulate when you are in the lucky position, as I am, of not wanting or needing anything from anyone. Rachel Kushner artcirculatedesire share on social
I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in experience than in applying myself intellectually. Rachel Kushner applycollegeexperience Change image and share on social
I like to read novels where the author seems knowledgeable, like someone you know you could walk calmly next to through a complicated situation, and he or she would be alive to its meaning and ironies. And you wouldn't even have to mention them out loud to each other. Rachel Kushner aliveauthorcalmly share on social
I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don't have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don't need anything. I live in a different way. Rachel Kushner artartistattention share on social
I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics. Rachel Kushner enormousgiftmechanic Change image and share on social
