Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk is a Canadian-born novelist and writer who lives and works in the United Kingdom...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
CountryCanada
men feminist principles
A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose.
childhood curiosity states
Childhood, after all, is not an ending, but rather a state full of potent curiosity.
christianity century
Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime.
mother feelings would-be
Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.
book taken writing
Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.
people feminism needs
Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
form results circumstances
For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a concrete form of lived experience.
gratitude helping economy
Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.
encouragement winning needs
Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.
children adults company
I absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.
mother
I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.
lying orchids toxic-waste
Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good - but a sure sign that something nasty lies underneath.
reality differences principles
Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image and the reality.
thinking feelings catholic
I don't go to church any more, but I think that Catholicism is rather like the brand they use on cattle: I feel so formed in that Catholic mould that I don't think I could adopt any other form of spirituality. I still get feelings of consolation about churches.