Zadie Smith Quotes About Ambition

Quotes about: Ambition

• You don't come to live here unless the delusion of a reality shaped around your own desires isn't a strong aspect of your personality. A reality shaped around your own desires - there is something sociopathic in that ambition.

  Zadie Smith

  Strong, New York, Ambition

  "Zadie Smith On Manhattan’s ‘Sociopathic’ Ambition" By Carolyn Gregoire, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2014.

• 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

  Book, Writing, Ambition

  "White knuckle ride". The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2000.

• 'A reality shaped around your own desires' - there is something sociopathic in that ambition.

  Zadie Smith

  Ambition, Reality, Desire

  "Feel Free: Essays". Book by Zadie Smith, January 29, 2018.

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