Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever. Zadie Smith changeforeverfrighten Change image and share on social
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury. Zadie Smith actearlyfeel share on social
Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you. Zadie Smith importantpeopleprotect Change image and share on social
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 attemptbrainconvince Change image and share on social
My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity. Zadie Smith classdespairequality Change image and share on social
I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate. Zadie Smith ideainaccurateirrational Change image and share on social
There is no bigger crime, in the English comic novel, than thinking you are right. Zadie Smith bigcomiccrime Change image and share on social
World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?' Zadie Smith makernetworkquestion Change image and share on social
There's constantly this melancholy about British hip-hop. People are always waiting for it to explode like American hip-hop, but it might just be that British hip-hop will always be as it is: an underground thing which will stay that way. Zadie Smith americanbritishconstantly share on social
Books are not brands. Some people are very willing to see themselves as a brand, but you can't be a certain type of writer to a certain type of person all the time. It will kill you. Zadie Smith bookbrandkill Change image and share on social
