Make sure the lubricant is unscented. Don't join fashionable 'schools of thought.' Read everything.
Zadie SmithA lot of women, when they're young, feel they have very good friends, and find later on that friendship is complicated. It's easy to be friends when everyone's 18. It gets harder the older you get, as you make different life choices, as people say in America. A lot of women's friendships begin to founder.
Zadie SmithI know to argue against our online lives seems like the argument of the grumpy, old Luddite novelist, but I really always try to make the argument from the perspective of personal pleasure.
Zadie SmithEnglish fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.
Zadie Smith