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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.

V.S. Naipaul

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn’t fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will – with luck – come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise
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Books Luck Moments Myself Wait Writing
Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.
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Act Judgement Try Understand Wisdom
That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing – which is never an easy thing to do.
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Easy Element Myself Surprise Writing
Life doesn’t have a neat beginning and a tidy end; life is always going on. You should begin in the middle and end in the middle, and it should be all there.
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Beginning End Life Yourself
The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.
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Man Place World Worth
But everything of value about me is in my books.
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Books Myself Value
You need someone to see what you’ve done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what’s gone into it.
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Need Reading See Understand Yourself
The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.
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Darkness Existence Kind World
Writing has to support itself.
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One Liner Support Writing
In England people are very proud of being very stupid.
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People Proud Stupidity
I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people’s lands.
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Born Hands Home Myself People Search
Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes.
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Appearance Clothes Dangerous Ignorance People
You can’t deny what you’ve learned; you can’t deny your travels; you can’t deny the nature of your life.
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Learning Life Nature Travel Yourself
All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.
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Detail Friendship Inspirational Life Mystery Writing
In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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Myself Reputation Way
One must always try to see the truth of a situation – it makes things universal.
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Oneself Situation Truth Universe

When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.

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