Zadie Smith Quotes
Q: Where And When Do You Do Your Writing?
A: Any Small Room With No Natural Light Will Do. As For When, I Have No Particular Schedules ... Afternoons Are Best, But I'm Too Lethargic For Any Real Regime. When I'm In The Flow Of Something I Can Do A Regular 9 To 5; When I Don't Know Where I'm Going With An Idea, I'm Lucky If I Do Two Hours Of Productive Work. There Is Nothing More Off-putting To A Would-be Novelist To Hear About How So-and-so Wakes Up At Four In The A.m, Walks The Dog, Drinks Three Liters Of Black Coffee And Then Writes 3,000 Words A Day, Or That Some Other Asshole Only Works Half An Hour Every Two Weeks, Does Fifty Press-ups And Stands On His Head Before And After The "creative Moment." I Remember Reading That Kind Of Stuff In Profiles Like This And Becoming Convinced Everything I Was Doing Was Wrong. What's The American Phrase? If It Ain't Broke ...
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