Rachel Cusk's Books Are Like

I Jest, Of Course; Premature Ejaculation Isn't A Laughing Matter For Anyone, Except For Your Friends When You Tell Them About It On The Phone The Next Morning. My First Marriage Ended Because The Main Event Was Invariably Over Before My Husband Got His Socks Off.

It's Received Wisdom That The English Are Uniquely Child-unfriendly.

Nicole Kidman In Particular Seems To Bring Out The Butt-kisser In The Sassiest Of Hackettes, As They Ceaselessly Strive To Portray Her As Some Sort Of Cross Between Mother Teresa And Marilyn Monroe.

Writing Is More Than Anything A Compulsion, Like Some People Wash Their Hands Thirty Times A Day For Fear Of Awful Consequences If They Do Not. It Pays A Whole Lot Better Than This Type Of Compulsion, But It Is No More Heroic.

As I Get Older I Think, Contrary To Modern Assumption But In Line With The Old Lerner And Lowe Song, That It Would Actually Benefit Both Them And Society If - To Quote Professor Higgins - A Woman Could Be More Like A Man.