*Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.* [*Zadie Smith*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2522.Zadie_Smith?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) Happy birthday, Zadie Smith! Before becoming a writer, she wanted to be a performer. The White Tiger novelist loved tap dancing as a child, considered a career in musical theater as a teenager, and worked as a jazz singer while at university.