Top 120 Quotes by Rachel Kushner

About Rachel Kushner

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

For me, everything about the telling is guided by tone. It's a bit mysterious; it's either there, or it isn't.

For me, everything about the telling is guided by tone. It's a bit mysterious; it's either there, or it isn't.

Rachel Kushner

Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.

Rachel Kushner

I don't think a woman riding a motorcycle thinks of herself as doing something that has sex appeal. I think she's trying to replicate for herself an experience that she sees men having.

I don't think a woman riding a motorcycle thinks of herself as doing something that has sex appeal. I think she's trying to replicate for herself an experience that she sees men having.

Rachel Kushner

I have never liked the 'Been there done that' thing... You hear that all the time from people, and I think it's just based on pure insecurity... Each person is going to have their own unique take on something.

Rachel Kushner

My parents were hippies.

My parents were hippies.

Rachel Kushner

I love the novels of Didion and Bret Ellis and consider them L.A. writers because they write about L.A.

I love the novels of Didion and Bret Ellis and consider them L.A. writers because they write about L.A.

Rachel Kushner

I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.

I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.

Rachel Kushner

Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It's a way of being alive for the writer.

Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It's a way of being alive for the writer.

Rachel Kushner

Artists complain about the art world until it starts rubbing their back, then they have their love affair with it.

Artists complain about the art world until it starts rubbing their back, then they have their love affair with it.

Rachel Kushner

I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.

I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.

Rachel Kushner

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