“Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.” Quote by Zadie Smith
“Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.” PeopleNeedsDarkSympatheticDark Thoughts Author:Zadie Smith
“You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.” StatesDifferencesSameness Author:Zadie Smith
“Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.” FormCultureStuffEnjoyTermForeverConditionsTaughtSucceedDeserveArmyAskingHeavenlyAttributesRapperEpicFormalBoastMiltonAsking Why Author:Zadie Smith
“All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.” LyingBrainNovelCuttingConvinceRoutesConvince Us Author:Zadie Smith
“As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue.” IfsWantBookLastsConcernedRootsTheeIndianWwiiLast DayCataloguesMutiny Author:Zadie Smith
“Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.” PeopleStillsBookJoyReadingFantasyMissingReading BooksCambridgePosh Author:Zadie Smith
“Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?” StillsRealityArtistCornersDespiteRapperPenthouses Author:Zadie Smith
“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