I want my books to sell, to be read. I’m not interested in being obscure.
VIKRAM SETHI simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check – it forces me to work harder at what I’m interested in.
More Vikram Seth Quotes
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And an equation is the same whether it’s written in red or green ink.
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To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.
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Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.
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Don’t put things off till it’s too late. You are the DJ of your fate.
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In a painting, you can’t make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist’s stroke.
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I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.
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I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.
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It’s not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.
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Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.
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You get your inspiration – suggestions – wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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I don’t pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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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.
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I think if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
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