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When 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
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Zadie Smith
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
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Zadie Adeline Smith
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Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression ? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.
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First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.
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