She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how … - Zadie Smith

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No performance is worth loss of geniality. 'Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.

Zadie Smith

She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down.

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Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.

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The past is always tense, the future perfect.

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Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.

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Time is how you spend your love.

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Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

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I feel like I've helped create a new standard of hustle for defensive linemen.

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Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.

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Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days.

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Show a little faith, there's magic in the night.

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