Rachel Cusk's Books Are Like

The Truth Of The Matter Is, Beauty Is A Specific Thing, Rare And Fleeting. Some Of Us Have It In Our Teens, 20s And 30s And Then Lose It; Most Of Us Have It Not At All. And That's Perfectly Okay. But Lying To Yourself That You Have It When You Don't Seems To Me Simple-minded At Best And Psychotic At Worst.

One Christmas Build-up Tradition, However, Has Totally Bypassed Me - That Of Going Up To Town And Doing A Show.

Knowing That The 'sex And The City' Chicks Now Rack Up Almost Two Centuries Between Them, Why Do Some Of Us Fuss And Hiss About A Bit Of Retouching On Their Forthcoming Film Poster?

It Has Been Said That A Pretty Face Is A Passport. But It's Not, It's A Visa, And It Runs Out Fast.

Tears Are Sometimes An Inappropriate Response To Death. When A Life Has Been Lived Completely Honestly, Completely Successfully, Or Just Completely, The Correct Response To Death's Perfect Punctuation Mark Is A Smile.