Donโt romanticise your โvocationโ. You can either write good sentences or you canโt. There is no โwriterโs lifestyleโ. All that matters is what you leave on the page.
Zadie SmithI lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I had to give up the idea that Keats had a monopoly on the lyrical.
Zadie SmithWhen I was 13, I really used to skip down the street, happy in thinking, "Oh, well, someone's suffering pain in order for me to feel this pleasure."
Zadie Smith