The kids I knew growing up who worked on bikes all loved the smell of gas. It is the liquid agent for speed.
Rachel KushnerEvery person has a range. In fiction, you get to be it all. Iām as much the men in my book as I am the women. I write how I write and there is no mission to stake a claim.
Rachel KushnerIt's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character. Then again, there is a huge gap between me as a person and what I do in the novel.
Rachel KushnerI think any time you deal with humans and the way they exploit one another and cause pain you are in the realm of politics, on some level.
Rachel Kushner