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Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to see the fruits of your actions in a daily way.

Zadie Smith

The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.
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Absolutely Essential Library
I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.
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Author Define Dictionary Sole
You can feel bad… I mean, that’s not illegal.
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Bad Feel Illegal Mean
People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
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Interesting People Political
I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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Insight Novelist Political
When 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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Intimate Writing Young
Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble.
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Rarely Squirrels Tremble
…They cannot escape their history any more than you yourself can lose your shadow.
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Lose Shadow Teeth White
The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.
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Action Alternatives Lack
For me, George Saunders novel [Lincoln in the Bardo] is about a problem of pain.
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Novel Pain Problem
Don’t confuse honours with achievement.
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Achievement Confuse Honour
Full stories are as rare as honesty.
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Coverage Emotion Full Honesty Story
I’m very attracted to exile literature – particularly Nabokov – exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time is so inconceivable to me.
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Home Idea Literature
Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to see the fruits of your actions in a daily way.
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Incredible Luxury World Writing
Time is how you spend your love.
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Emotion Express Feeling Love Spend
One thing you learn about the novel as a form is that it’s always smarter than you are.
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Form Novel Smarter

Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to see the fruits of your actions in a daily way.

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