Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith FRSL is an English novelist, essayist, and short story writer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 October 1975
everyday news everyday-life
Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.
men two going-away
When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion.
want sometimes illusion
Sometimes, one wants to have the illusion that one is making ones own life, out of ones own resources.
desire finals
Desire is never final, desire is imprecise and impractical [...]
way feels
Don't live in a way that makes you feel dead.
philosophy mean past
She had that thing most people don't have - curiosity. She might not have always got the right answers, but she wanted to ask the questions. It's very hard if you are interested in ideas and all that, ideas and the philosophies of the past, it's very hard to find someone around here to really talk to. That's the tragedy of the thing really I mean, when you think about it. Certainly I can't find anyone around here to talk to anymore. And for a woman it's even harder you see. They can feel very trapped - because of the patriarchy. I do feel everyone needs to have these little chats now and then.
thinking people want
(Feedback) People become addicted to it. That’s why journalism is so popular, because you want to hear, every day, what people think of what you just wrote. I think a little patience on that front can be good, too.
order said difficult
Under every friendship there is a difficult sentence that must be said, in order that the friendship can be survived.
heart mind
He had her in his heart, but not always in his mind.
lying writing bridges
Other people’s words are so important. And then without warning they stop being important, along with all those words of yours that their words prompted you to write. Much of the excitement of a new novel lies in the repudiation of the one written before. Other people’s words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever you’re going.
pain distance eyebrows
... don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate the pleasure they receive from viewing pain that is not their own... Pain by itself is just Pain. But Pain + Distance can = entertainment, voyeurism, human interest, cinéma vérité, a good belly chuckle, a sympathetic smile, a raised eyebrow, disguised contempt.
honesty stories
Full stories are as rare as honesty.
past truth-is ends
In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.
dark people needs
Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.