Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.
Zadie SmithPeople don't settle for people. They resolve to be with them. It takes faith. You draw a circle in the sand and agree to stand in it and believe in it.
Zadie SmithI'm always interested in the way people speak and move in their environment, in a very particular environment. I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the any novel is a local thing always.
Zadie SmithWhen I was young, I was very technical about these things. I didn't like to admit to any intimate relation with what I was writing.
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