“Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.” KnowsGirlPopularityNerdGet Money Author:Zadie Smith
“English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.” FictionGrowing UpGrowingChangedChanged My LifeTrajectory Author:Zadie Smith
“When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.” PeopleOpportunitySeeingShareInterchange Author:Jacqueline Bisset
“I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.” BookHouseFlatsCopiesMum Author:Zadie Smith
“I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated.” GivingBookFeelingsEasyDiscomfort Author:Zadie Smith
“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.” PeopleBookFictionBattleHeroicCaricaturesSimplification Author:Zadie Smith
“I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.” IdeasWorryIrrationalNostalgicPersonhood Author:Zadie Smith
“I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.” PersonsPoliticalInsightDespiteNovelistsNaivePretension Author:Zadie Smith
“I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time.” FeelsDifferentWhiteLateTeethDifferent TimesWhite Teeth Author:Zadie Smith
“I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.” WritingTalkingHonestNewspapers Author:Zadie Smith