We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are. …

Zadie Smith
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We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are. Which leads me to my second point: writers do not write what they want, they write what they can. ✨ This is how it feels to me. www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.
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We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are. Which leads me to my second point: writers do not write what they want, they write what they can. ✨ This is how it feels to me. www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.

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