There's a perception that novels can't usually allow for your kind of absolute attention to detail.
Zadie SmithIf you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time.
Zadie Smith[George Saunders] is very precise about what he is doing. There isn't a thing left to chance.
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.
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