Trinidadian - Novelist | August 17, 1932 -
A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.
V. S. Naipaul
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All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.
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I have a very small public.
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Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.
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I'm very content.
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I've been a free man.
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Writing has to support itself.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
StrengthDayMeStrongMy OwnWrite
A cat only has itself.
CatOnlyItself
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