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V S Naipaul Quotes

Small things start us in new ways of thinking Picture Quote #1

My life is short. I can’t listen to banality Picture Quote #1

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art Picture Quote #1

What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude Picture Quote #1

I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time Picture Quote #1

A cat only has itself Picture Quote #1

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Africa has no future Picture Quote #1

Africans need to be kicked, that’s the only thing they understand Picture Quote #1

If a writer doesn’t generate hostility, he is dead Picture Quote #1

His ignorance seemed to widen with everything he read Picture Quote #1

The writer is all alone Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel I can speak with authority for many other people Picture Quote #1

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I have a very small public Picture Quote #1

I’ve been a free man Picture Quote #1

In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon Picture Quote #1

Writing has to support itself Picture Quote #1

I’m my own writer. My material means I’m entirely separate Picture Quote #1

All cultures have been mingled forever Picture Quote #1

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I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs Picture Quote #1

You need someone to see what you’ve done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what’s gone into it Picture Quote #1

My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world Picture Quote #1

My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh Picture Quote #1

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I’ve always had to invent a character who roughly has my background Picture Quote #1

There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to Picture Quote #1

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The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for the benefit of the stupid and common Picture Quote #1

I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea Picture Quote #1

I still think it’s really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness Picture Quote #1

If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don’t express your disregard for the essence of the culture. It’s a form of aggression Picture Quote #1

Where jargon turns living issues into abstractions, and where jargon ends by competing with jargon, people don’t have causes. They only have enemies Picture Quote #1

I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others Picture Quote #1

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Small things start us in new ways of thinking (V S Naipaul Quotes) My life is short. I can’t listen to banality (V S Naipaul Quotes) Great writing can be done in biography, history, art (V S Naipaul Quotes) What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude (V S Naipaul Quotes) I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time (V S Naipaul Quotes) A cat only has itself (V S Naipaul Quotes) Africa has no future (V S Naipaul Quotes) Africans need to be kicked, that’s the only thing they understand (V S Naipaul Quotes) If a writer doesn’t generate hostility, he is dead (V S Naipaul Quotes) His ignorance seemed to widen with everything he read (V S Naipaul Quotes) The writer is all alone (V S Naipaul Quotes) I don’t feel I can speak with authority for many other people (V S Naipaul Quotes) I have a very small public (V S Naipaul Quotes) I’ve been a free man (V S Naipaul Quotes) In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon (V S Naipaul Quotes) Writing has to support itself (V S Naipaul Quotes) I’m my own writer. My material means I’m entirely separate (V S Naipaul Quotes) All cultures have been mingled forever (V S Naipaul Quotes) I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs (V S Naipaul Quotes) You need someone to see what you’ve done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what’s gone into it (V S Naipaul Quotes) My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world (V S Naipaul Quotes) My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh (V S Naipaul Quotes) Whenever I have had to write fiction, I’ve always had to invent a character who roughly has my background (V S Naipaul Quotes) There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to (V S Naipaul Quotes) The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for the benefit of the stupid and common (V S Naipaul Quotes) I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea (V S Naipaul Quotes) I still think it’s really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness (V S Naipaul Quotes) If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don’t express your disregard for the essence of the culture. It’s a form of aggression (V S Naipaul Quotes) Where jargon turns living issues into abstractions, and where jargon ends by competing with jargon, people don’t have causes. They only have enemies (V S Naipaul Quotes) I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others (V S Naipaul Quotes)

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