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About Zadie Smith
English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer
Zadie Smith is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth, appeared in 2000 and quickly became a best-seller, bringing her wide attention. She has 153 quotes on the site. Smith’s first novel also won several awards. In September 2010, she became a tenured professor in the creative writing faculty at New York University.
More from Zadie Smith (153 quotes) →Keep reading Zadie Smith
- “We are split people. For myself, half of me wishes to sit quietly with legs crossed, letting the things that…”Zadie Smith
- “A sprawling North London parkland, composed of oaks, willows and chestnuts, yews and sycamores, the beech and…”Zadie Smith
- “There is no bigger crime, in the English comic novel, than thinking you are right.”Zadie Smith
- “When I write I am trying to express my way of being in the world. This is primarily a process of elimination:…”Zadie Smith
Writing: more sayings
- “I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.”Johnny Cash
- “When you're a writer and you're an adult, that's something you crave - that limitless imagination and love fo…”Andy Muschietti
- “What you really want is all too often hidden just behind what you think you want.”Christy Hall
More Love quotes
- “Marriage is a cheerful commitment.”Lailah Gifty Akita
- “I guess I'm the happiest when I'm picking up my kids from school. The most important things on my list are my…”Phil Hellmuth
- “Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we…”Leo Buscaglia
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Books by Zadie Smith
White Teeth
2001
On Beauty
2005
The Autograph Man
2003
Swing Time
2017
Changing my mind
2009