That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise. Zadie Smith alarmbrainfiction Change image and share on social
My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world. Zadie Smith affectationblackdad Change image and share on social
If you love a young writer, maybe the best thing you can do is give them a little bit of space. Zadie Smith bitegivelove Change image and share on social
A lot of people seem to feel that joy is only the most intense version of pleasure, arrived at by the same road - you simply have to go a little further down the track. That has not been my experience. Zadie Smith arriveexperiencefeel share on social
Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed. Zadie Smith eliminateexpresshead Change image and share on social
I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible. Zadie Smith dancefondkind Change image and share on social
The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd. Zadie Smith absurdcreativityidea Change image and share on social
I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated. Zadie Smith bookdiscomforteasy Change image and share on social
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 attendclasscreative share on social
The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action. Zadie Smith actionalternativeillegal Change image and share on social
