Quotes by : Zadie Smith

In the middle of a novel, a kind of magical thinking takes over. To clarify, the middle of the novel....

I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.

But why think the more reasons there were to sin, the smaller the sin was?

It's like that quote: 'If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope....

When I write I am trying to express my way of being in the world. This is primarily a process of elimination:....

There were good and bad kinds of weakness in men, and she had come to the conclusion that the key was....

They were smooth and bright, and their timing was wonderful, and they were young and hilarious. It was....

Q: Where and when do you do your writing? A: Any small room with no natural light will do. As for when,....

You don’t come to live here unless the delusion of a reality shaped around your own desires isn’t....

But dying is no easy trick. And suicide can't be put on a list of Things To Do in between cleaning the....