Rachel Cusk Quotes

When we as a society lose the ability to comment on what we see and to have an opinion on what we are exposed to, then we have all lost what makes us unique on this planet.

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it.

I don't see myself as a rock star. I don't see myself in that way. I'm interested in work that offers some sort of critical dialogue.

We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.

My job is to put words together and tell a story. If that doesn't work for you, it's not a war crime.

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!

I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.

A bunch of comedians have gotten in 'trouble' for sharing their views. When an actor or an artist or might come out saying something political or whatever, then it becomes about that view.

You are always drawing from your personal life and using your imagination to fill in the blanks.

It's not my responsibility to write plays about the way the world should be.

For me, filmmaking is not about making statements but about exposing human behavior so people are eager enough to start thinking on their own and make their own assumptions.

I'm not seeking for answers; I just want to tell stories and state my opinion.

When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that, you should do this." They don't listen to me, but I've been doing this for sixty years now. But, when I write a novel, I am not in that business.

At the end of the day, every person makes their own evaluation and their own criticism and it's all respectable. I don't want to say who is right and who isn't.

I have certain viewpoints that come out in certain shayaris.

It's my right to write on what I feel about certain incidents, and it's your choice whether to read it or not.

Film songs have so many creative limitations, but a private album is like an autobiography that reflects your state of mind.

Whenever I write the scenarios for my games, I don't necessarily envision them being liked or being wonderful for everyone.

I was like, 'I have to start writing for myself, to show people what I can do and what my point of view is.'

I am not a propagandist; my work has often had a political dimension but, hopefully, one that is not didactic and is open to interpretation.

In a strange way, we go to a play to be entertained, but if there is any kind of identification, we either reaffirm our beliefs, or we change.

I don't want to tell fans what to think or what to believe or whatever, but at the same time, some things just hit you very personally.

I request the audience to not mix cinema with politics.

I just like Kodak Black. I feel like he's pretty self-aware, even if I don't agree with all the things he says.