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
A lot of women, when they're young, feel they have very good friends, and find later on that friendship is complicated. It's easy to be friends when everyone's 18. Zadie Smith complicateeasyfeel Change image and share on social
When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility. Zadie Smith characterdatumfacebook 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
It seems to me that we often commit ourselves wholly to something while knowing almost nothing concrete about it. Another word for that, I suppose, is 'faith.' Zadie Smith commitconcretefaith 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
I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I had to give up the idea that Keats had a monopoly on the lyrical. Zadie Smith aphorismbattleconcede share on social
I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to. Zadie Smith addbasichave Change image and share on social
You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality. Zadie Smith differenceequalitysameness Change image and share on social
