“For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on...” — Rachel Cusk Quote

“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.”

“The human capacity for self-delusion is apparently infinite – and if that is the case, how are we ever meant to know, except by existing in a state of absolute pessimism, that once again we are fooling ourselves?”

“... the problem with being honest, he said, is that you're slow to realize that other people can lie.”