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Vikram Seth Quotes

Indian - Novelist | June 20, 1952 -

In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.

Courage Stand Up Speak Stand Someone

My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.

Reputation Motivation Bored Get Just

Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse or one of those old-fashioned things. Else, why bore yourself, destroy other people's interest and kill trees?

Heart Yourself People Trees Why

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

Think Thinking Doing Worth Something

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

Laziness Need Obsession Anything

I certainly think it's very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

Think Important Matter Talk Things

I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.

Love Music Imagination Stretch Just

I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.

Life Poetry Happy Writing My Life

Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing.

Life You Rules More Ground Own

After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.

Myself Writing Start Story Thought

If somebody writes clearly, you can pretty much tell immediately if something is shallow or deep, whereas if they write with all this duckweed on the surface, you can't tell if the stream is one inch deep or a hundred fathoms.

Deep You Write Stream Clearly Tell

I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.

Nature World Think Person Goodness

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