I have an ambition to write a great book, but that’s really a competition with myself. I’ve noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don’t really want to do anything. I can’t think of anything less worth striving for than fame. — Zadie Smith
Tags: #Great, #Ambition, #Book, #ZadieSmith, #British, #Novelist
Zadie Smith : British Novelist
Born: October 25, 1975
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me….
A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the tr…
I’ve published one book before, and now I’m writing a book o…
I actually love history. I’ve devoured book after book of st…
I actually love history. I’ve devoured book after book of st…
The first book I did – the first successful book – was a kin…
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me….
A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the tr…
I’ve published one book before, and now I’m writing a book o…
I actually love history. I’ve devoured book after book of st…
I actually love history. I’ve devoured book after book of st…
The first book I did – the first successful book – was a kin…
A classic book is a book which generations of men, driven by …
A good book … leaves you wanting to reread the book. A gre …
Anyone who has an imagination can write a book – it’s cheap …
I didn’t write my book, ‘I Don’t Care About Your Band,’ in o…
When I am working on a book or a story, I write every mornin…
Why do we have a brain in the first place? Not to write book…
If I write a book where all I’ve ever experienced is success…
As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a …
A book comes and says, ‘Write me.
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a …
I wanted to write at school – to write funny stories which t…
Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope – and when we fig…
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. Timothy L…
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come toget…
