Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts. Zadie Smith darkgreatpeople Change image and share on social
All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and I didn't have much actual living to draw on. I suspect a lot of other people's novels are like that, too, though they might be slower to talk about it. Zadie Smith actualbookdeeply share on social
I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing. Zadie Smith interestkindlocal Change image and share on social
English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life. Zadie Smith changeenglishfiction Change image and share on social
I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight. Zadie Smith deepfrequentinsight Change image and share on social
Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well. Zadie Smith timeworldwriter Change image and share on social
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 battlebookcaricature Change image and share on social
Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own. Zadie Smith connectionconsciousnessfeel Change image and share on social
The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream appearance should be, there's always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be 'real' as a rapper. Zadie Smith appearanceartistauthenticity share on social
Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad. Zadie Smith badbalancecontext Change image and share on social
