“The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class...” — Zadie Smith Quote

“The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream appearance should be, there's always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be 'real' as a rapper.”

“It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.”

“I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time.”

“To tell you the truth, people might think going from a model to a North Korean defector would've been difficult in appearance. For me, the focus was not on the external but internal side of things, to fully understand Sae-byeok's life.”

“I think the most attractive people are the confident ones, regardless of their literal appearance, so I strive for that. Basically, I think you'll always be the size your body needs to be if you only eat if you are hungry. If you never eat for any other reason, you'll be just the right size for your body.”