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Ali Smith is a Scottish writer renowned for her inventive novels, short stories, and essays. Her work is known for its experimental narrative forms and deep engagement with social and political themes. She has received numerous literary awards and is celebrated for her unique voice in contemporary literature. Here are 31 of her quotes:

Always be reading something, he said. Even when we're not physically reading. How else will we read the world? Think of it as a constant. (Ali Smith)

I don't want a tombstone. You could carve on it 'She never actually wanted a tombstone.'

Ali Smith

We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just once.

Ali Smith

I had a job, I got ill, I left the job to get better, and while I was getting better, I wrote some stories. I sent them to some publishers and the fifth one who replied said they'd take them. Then they went bankrupt. Then that bankrupt publisher got bought by a bigger firm. Story: in the end is the beginning, and in the beginning is the end.

Ali Smith

How could 30 years be the blink-of-the-eye it felt? It was the difference between black-and-white footage of the Second World War and David Bowie on 'Top of the Pops' singing 'Life on Mars.'

Ali Smith

You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, 'I'm a writer,' it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.

Ali Smith

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Occupation: Scottish Writer
Born: 1962
Quotes count: 31

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