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Of course, the greater one’s need, the greater one’s propensity to be mesmerized.

Vikram Seth

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.
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Distract Economics Feeling Happiness Life Myself Novel Writing
I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.
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Goodness Myself Nature Person Thinking World
Don’t put things off till it’s too late. You are the DJ of your fate.
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Fate Late Time Yourself
For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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Discipline Obsession Substitute Writing
What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.
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Difference Let Go Life Love Myself Relationship
You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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Inspirational Motivational Yourself
I don’t think anyone should be banned. If you don’t like a book, set it aside.
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Book Myself Thinking
God save us from people who mean well.
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God One Liner People Save
You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally – your ears will know.
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Learning Natural Poetry Way Yourself
I just love music – by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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Eligible Imagination Love Music Myself Professional
I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I’m not. I’m just obsessed with my work.
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Myself Obesession Reputation Work
The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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Inspirational Mindset Yourself
I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.
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Book Feeling Media Myself News People Space Writing
My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?
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Beyond Couple End Eyes Light Wake Up
I want my books to sell, to be read. I’m not interested in being obscure.
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Book Interest Myself Reading
Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people’s lives, the lives of people you don’t know, and you want to know what’s going to happen to them.
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Fiction Gossip Live People Yourself

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