Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable. - Rachel Cusk

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The future of narrative? Built in, part of the human template. Not going away. The future of the codex book, with pages and so forth? A platform for transmitting narratives.

Rachel Cusk

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

Criticism, Honest, Infinitely, Place, Writing

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The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good.

Fixed, Good, Mother, Reality, Wine

As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next.

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As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from which some women derive feelings of heroism, while others experience a sense of exile from the world they knew.

Being A Mother, Feelings, Motherhood, Sense, Sort, Women

That's writing for you: when you make space for passion, it doesn't turn up.

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I have absolutely no concept of work, except for university. But I like to talk to people a lot about their jobs.

Jobs, People, University

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