Zadie Smith Life Quotations

I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.

If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did, exactly because it proves such a difficult emotion to manage.

My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.

Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.