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Zadie Smith Quotes

The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential Picture Quote #1

When people use that stream of consciousness, it’s kind of just a term they use for anything that looks slightly different on the page Picture Quote #1

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else Picture Quote #1

Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad Picture Quote #1

Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we’re also dark people with dark thoughts Picture Quote #1

You can’t state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality Picture Quote #1

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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies Picture Quote #1

Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still Picture Quote #1

Can’t a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite? Picture Quote #1

Don’t we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls Picture Quote #1

I like books that don’t give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated Picture Quote #1

I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction Picture Quote #1

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I’m most honest about writing when I’m talking to family or friends, not to newspapers Picture Quote #1

If you’re going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time Picture Quote #1

People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them Picture Quote #1

Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale Picture Quote #1

English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be Picture Quote #1

I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy Picture Quote #1

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I wouldn’t write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it’s a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific Picture Quote #1

It’s difficult to tell the truth about how a book begins. The truth, as far as it can be presented to other people, is either wholly banal or too intimate Picture Quote #1

You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages Picture Quote #1

Then he gave her a kiss on the forehead that felt like a baptism and she wept like a baby Picture Quote #1

The lady was old, the lady was ill. It didn’t matter what the lady believed Picture Quote #1

The future’s another country, man... And I still ain’t got a passport Picture Quote #1

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The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life Picture Quote #1

Oh, I know that. You know me, baby, I cannot be broken. Takes a giant to snap me in half Picture Quote #1

He did not consider if or how or why he loved them. They were just love: they were the first evidence he ever had of love, and they would be the last confirmation of love when everything else fell away Picture Quote #1

Generally, women can’t do this, but men retain the ancient ability to leave a family and a past. They just unhook themselves, like removing a fake beard, and skulk discreetly back into society, changed men. Unrecognizable Picture Quote #1

She did what girls generally do when they don’t feel the part: she dressed it instead Picture Quote #1

A writer’s duty is to register what it is like for him or her to be in the world Picture Quote #1

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The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential (Zadie Smith Quotes) When people use that stream of consciousness, it’s kind of just a term they use for anything that looks slightly different on the page (Zadie Smith Quotes) First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else (Zadie Smith Quotes) Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad (Zadie Smith Quotes) Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we’re also dark people with dark thoughts (Zadie Smith Quotes) You can’t state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality (Zadie Smith Quotes) All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies (Zadie Smith Quotes) Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still (Zadie Smith Quotes) Can’t a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite? (Zadie Smith Quotes) Don’t we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls (Zadie Smith Quotes) I like books that don’t give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated (Zadie Smith Quotes) I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction (Zadie Smith Quotes) I’m most honest about writing when I’m talking to family or friends, not to newspapers (Zadie Smith Quotes) If you’re going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time (Zadie Smith Quotes) People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them (Zadie Smith Quotes) Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale (Zadie Smith Quotes) English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be (Zadie Smith Quotes) I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy (Zadie Smith Quotes) I wouldn’t write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it’s a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific (Zadie Smith Quotes) It’s difficult to tell the truth about how a book begins. The truth, as far as it can be presented to other people, is either wholly banal or too intimate (Zadie Smith Quotes) You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages (Zadie Smith Quotes) Then he gave her a kiss on the forehead that felt like a baptism and she wept like a baby (Zadie Smith Quotes) The lady was old, the lady was ill. It didn’t matter what the lady believed (Zadie Smith Quotes) The future’s another country, man... And I still ain’t got a passport (Zadie Smith Quotes) The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life (Zadie Smith Quotes) Oh, I know that. You know me, baby, I cannot be broken. Takes a giant to snap me in half (Zadie Smith Quotes) He did not consider if or how or why he loved them. They were just love: they were the first evidence he ever had of love, and they would be the last confirmation of love when everything else fell away (Zadie Smith Quotes) Generally, women can’t do this, but men retain the ancient ability to leave a family and a past. They just unhook themselves, like removing a fake beard, and skulk discreetly back into society, changed men. Unrecognizable (Zadie Smith Quotes) She did what girls generally do when they don’t feel the part: she dressed it instead (Zadie Smith Quotes) A writer’s duty is to register what it is like for him or her to be in the world (Zadie Smith Quotes)

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