I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And there really isn't anything essential in there - you're the product of your actions, which can always change. And they retrospectively make you one way or another.
Zadie SmithIt's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.
Zadie SmithIn the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.
Zadie SmithI recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
Zadie Smith