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“I'm a writer who never writes about sex. It's so far from my own fictional world.”

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Zadie Smith is a British novelist known for her distinctive literary style and profound social insights. Her works cover a range of themes including race, class, gender, and identity, and have been widely appreciated by readers. more

“I don't believe, in the end, that there is any such thing as no style. Even a very neutral, plain style, one that doesn't use colloquialisms, lyrical flourishes, heavy supplies of metaphor, etc., is a style, and it becomes a writer's characteristic style just as much as a thicker, richer deployment of idiom and vocabulary.”

Believe Ends Use Style Don't Believe Metaphor Heavy Characteristics Etc Vocabulary Supplies Lyrical Deployment Idiom

Author:Lydia Davis

“You have to learn to cut your cloth accordingly. But it seems to be a human weakness. Once you start making a lot of money, you just join in with everyone else. It's like the banks, and we've seen what happens there.”

Humans Seems Happens Cutting Weakness Lots Of Money

Author:John Hurt

“There is something very pleasing about the principles of science and the rules of math, because they are so inevitable and so harmonious - in the abstract, anyway.”

Principles Math Inevitable Abstract Harmonious

Author:Lydia Davis

“As the writer, I may choose to ignore the emotional heart of the matter, and focus on details, and trust that the heart of the matter will be conveyed nevertheless.”

Heart May Matter Focus Emotional Details Nevertheless

Author:Lydia Davis

“I often pose questions to myself and want the answers. The questions may be psychological or emotional. Or they may involve botany or [...] physiology. [...] I am very curious about strangers I observe - as in a bus line. I am very attached to finding out answers.”

Want May Lines Answers Emotional Findings Stranger Psychological Curious Bus Physiology Botany

Author:Lydia Davis

“I don't think you make fans happy by just replicating frames. What they want to see is that you stayed true to the story, true to the characters and true to the design.”

Thinking Want Character Stories Fans Design

Author:Sylvain White

“I'm very vocal about my belief that all religion is garbage. Most of my friends are religious or at least spiritual. These are people I like and I know are intelligent. It's this thing that I carry around. I know I'd be a better person if I was fairer, but it's at the core of who I am and what I believe.”

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Author:David Cross

“As far as just my stand-up is concerned, I don't care about changing anyone's mind. I'm not making an argument. I'm a guy doing comedy.”

Mind Care Guy Comedy Concerned Argument Don't Care I Don't Care

Author:David Cross

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