Zadie Smith Quotes

You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.

Closure. I loathe that word.

To complete a work is just like being present at the death of someone you love.

Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.

The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.

Books are finished.

I'm in a great place because I've gone full circle.

When a campaign is over, boom, it's over.

It's really nice to see something come full circle.

I hope that's true, because I figured out why I'd never finished it, what I was waiting for. I was waiting for you, Clare. For them. For us. I want to finish it up for you, for them, for us.

this might be the happy ending without the ending

But it was an ending.

It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go.

When something is over, it is over.

I never want to think or write about the topic again when I'm finished with it.

For me, I learned from my father that when it's over, it's over.

It's just like sex; when [a book is] finished, it's finished.

It is nice when things end. That is what stories do - they end. It is hard to write endings and it is hard to come to the end of things, but I think when it is done right, it is a very satisfying way to appreciate something.

I want to be done, and actually, go "I had a good run. No regrets. I'm ready to step aside."

This is the end of this subject for me for a long time.

When everything is finished, the mornings are sad.

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.

I haven't had a single moment of terror since they told me [I was dying]. My only regret is to die four pages too soon. If I can finish, then I'm quite happy to go.

I will wait and watch till the day of David at last shall be finished, and wisdom no more fox-faced, and the blood gets back its flame.

I've said all that I've had to say.