--- title: "22 Way Quotes By Zadie Smith" description: "22 Way quotes by Zadie Smith. Plus more from Zadie Smith and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/zadie-smith-584_feel_don-t-live-in-a-way-that-makes-you-feel_299464.png" --- > [Don't live in a way that makes you feel dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/don-t-live-in-a-way-that-makes-you-feel-dead/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/zadie-smith-584_feel_don-t-live-in-a-way-that-makes-you-feel_299464.png) > [Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/writing-is-my-way-of-expressing-and-thereby-eliminating-all-the/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/zadie-smith-584_eliminating_writing-is-my-way-of-expressing-and-ther_1425112.png) > [I think I know a thing or two about the way people love, but I don't know anything about hatred, psychosis, cruelty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-think-i-know-a-thing-or-two-about-the-way-people-love-but-i-don-t/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/zadie-smith-584_about_i-think-i-know-a-thing-or-two-about-the_1782598.png) > [It has historically been a comfort for the bourgeois and that you can read the most extreme books and not change. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/it-has-historically-been-a-comfort-for-the-bourgeois-and-that-you-can/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/zadie-smith-584_book_it-has-historically-been-a-comfort-for-t_2934996.png) > [I have a natural tendency to feel well about the world, I suppose, one way or another. But then there is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-have-a-natural-tendency-to-feel-well-about-the-world-i-suppose-one/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/zadie-smith-584_abraham_i-have-a-natural-tendency-to-feel-well-a_1356936.png) > [The arena of women's lives is somewhat more intimate. If a woman goes out with an incredibly attractive man and they break…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/the-arena-of-women-s-lives-is-somewhat-more-intimate-if-a-woman-goes/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/zadie-smith-584_arena_the-arena-of-women-s-lives-is-somewhat-m_926190.jpg) > [You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/you-know-you-don-t-expect-everyone-to-be-as-educated-as-everyone-else/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/zadie-smith-584_access_you-know-you-don-t-expect-everyone-to-be_2897673.jpg) > [And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy. But in another way, when I'm writing, what it's about for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/and-it-s-just-anathema-to-being-a-writer-it-s-not-healthy-but-in/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/zadie-smith-584_anathema_and-it-s-just-anathema-to-being-a-writer_2748084.jpg) > [Some people--Samad for example--will tell you not to trust people who overuse the phrase "at the end of the day"--football managers, estate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/some-people-samad-for-example-will-tell-you-not-to-trust-people-who/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/zadie-smith-584_agents_some-people-samad-for-example-will-tell_2086902.png) > [The world is now multicultural the same way the world is round. It's not a selling point, it's not a 'quirky' feature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/the-world-is-now-multicultural-the-same-way-the-world-is-round-it-s/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/zadie-smith-584_artistic_the-world-is-now-multicultural-the-same_516670.jpg) > [I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-guess-i-ve-always-written-more-from-the-opposite-perspective-that/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/zadie-smith-584_action_i-guess-i-ve-always-written-more-from-th_2198379.png) > [It was in the air, or so it seemed to Kiki, this hatred of women and their bodies- it seeped in with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/it-was-in-the-air-or-so-it-seemed-to-kiki-this-hatred-of-women-and/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/zadie-smith-584_air_it-was-in-the-air-or-so-it-seemed-to-kik_2960574.png) > [I'm just interested in women's friendships generally. It always seems to me, and this is just my pet theory, that women are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-m-just-interested-in-women-s-friendships-generally-it-always-seems/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/zadie-smith-584_capitalism_i-m-just-interested-in-women-s-friendshi_2254897.png) > [But sometimes it's like you just meet someone and you just know that you're totally connected, and this person is, like, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/but-sometimes-it-s-like-you-just-meet-someone-and-you-just-know-that/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/zadie-smith-584_brother_but-sometimes-it-s-like-you-just-meet-so_2396260.png) > [Boys are just boys after all, but sometimes girls really seem to be the turn of a pale wrist, or the sudden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/boys-are-just-boys-after-all-but-sometimes-girls-really-seem-to-be/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/zadie-smith-584_boys_boys-are-just-boys-after-all-but-sometim_324584.png) > [ 150 years ago in \[Charles\] Dickens's time there was at least a sense of craft. So some of the things people had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/150-years-ago-in-charles-dickens-s-time-there-was-at-least-a-sense-of/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/zadie-smith-584_clothes_150-years-ago-in-charles-dickens-s-time_2877252.png) > [When I write I am trying to express my way of being in the world. This is primarily a process of elimination:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/when-i-write-i-am-trying-to-express-my-way-of-being-in-the-world-this/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/zadie-smith-584_believe_when-i-write-i-am-trying-to-express-my-w_989849.jpg) > [I don't take notes. I don't have any notebooks. I keep on trying to do that because it seems like a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-don-t-take-notes-i-don-t-have-any-notebooks-i-keep-on-trying-to-do/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/zadie-smith-584_any_i-don-t-take-notes-i-don-t-have-any-note_635000.png) > [I'm always interested in the way people speak and move in their environment, in a very particular environment. I'm never interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-m-always-interested-in-the-way-people-speak-and-move-in-their/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/zadie-smith-584_books_i-m-always-interested-in-the-way-people_2890496.png) > [ The last page of \[Lincoln in the Bardo\] - without giving too much away - involves somebody entering somebody else. Not in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/the-last-page-of-lincoln-in-the-bardo-without-giving-too-much-away/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/zadie-smith-584_entering_the-last-page-of-lincoln-in-the-bardo-wi_1986495.png) > [There's constantly this melancholy about British hip-hop. People are always waiting for it to explode like American hip-hop, but it might just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/there-s-constantly-this-melancholy-about-british-hip-hop-people-are/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/zadie-smith-584_about_there-s-constantly-this-melancholy-about_2497976.png) > [Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/today-writing-seems-to-me-like-an-incredible-luxury-almost-a/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/zadie-smith-584_action_today-writing-seems-to-me-like-an-incred_2872231.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Zadie Smith > [- You look fine. - Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Kiki…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/you-look-fine-right-i-look-fine-except-i-don-t-said-zora-tugging/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [“Pretty girls lie at the centre of straight culture, dyke culture, fag culture. They sell everything, they buy everything, they ruin great men and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/pretty-girls-lie-at-the-centre-of-straight-culture-dyke-culture-fag/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [“I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts--and they never fail to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-have-known-many-true-connoisseurs-with-excellent-tastes-that-range/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-cannot-believe-homosexuality-is-that-much-fun-heterosexuality/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [“Either everything is sacred or nothing is. And if he starts burning other people’s things, then he loses something sacred also. Everyone gets what’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/either-everything-is-sacred-or-nothing-is-and-if-he-starts-burning/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/my-feeling-is-having-lived-in-different-classes-that-people-want/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-don-t-keep-any-copies-of-my-books-in-the-house-they-go-to-my-mum-s/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanuts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/but-it-makes-an-immigrant-laugh-to-hear-the-fears-of-the-nationalist/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [Oh, I know that. You know me, baby, I cannot be broken. Takes a giant to snap me in half.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/oh-i-know-that-you-know-me-baby-i-cannot-be-broken-takes-a-giant-to/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [“In short, it was precisely the kind of friendship and Englishman makes on holiday, that he can make only on holiday. A friendship that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/in-short-it-was-precisely-the-kind-of-friendship-and-englishman-makes/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-suppose-i-often-think-of-my-writing-as-quite-impersonal-but-it/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [“Some of us are happy with our African hair, thank you very much. I don't want some poor Indian girl's hair. And I wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/some-of-us-are-happy-with-our-african-hair-thank-you-very-much-i-don/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/you-can-t-state-difference-and-also-state-equality-we-have-to-state/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [“(Unlike many others around this time, Joyce felt no shame about using the term 'middle class'. In the Chalfen lexicon the middle classes were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/unlike-many-others-around-this-time-joyce-felt-no-shame-about-using/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [A lot of women, when they're young, feel they have very good friends, and find later on that friendship is complicated. It's easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/a-lot-of-women-when-they-re-young-feel-they-have-very-good-friends/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/zadie-smith/#itemlist", "name": "22 Way Quotes By Zadie Smith", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't live in a way that makes you feel dead.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zadie Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/don-t-live-in-a-way-that-makes-you-feel-dead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/zadie-smith-584_feel_don-t-live-in-a-way-that-makes-you-feel_299464.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/zadie-smith-584_feel_don-t-live-in-a-way-that-makes-you-feel_299464.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/zadie-smith-584_feel_don-t-live-in-a-way-that-makes-you-feel_299464.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't live in a way that makes you feel dead.” — Zadie Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zadie Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/writing-is-my-way-of-expressing-and-thereby-eliminating-all-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/zadie-smith-584_eliminating_writing-is-my-way-of-expressing-and-ther_1425112.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/zadie-smith-584_eliminating_writing-is-my-way-of-expressing-and-ther_1425112.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/zadie-smith-584_eliminating_writing-is-my-way-of-expressing-and-ther_1425112.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.” — Zadie Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think I know a thing or two about the way people love, but I don't know anything about hatred, psychosis, cruelty. 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