Don’t put things off till it’s too late. You are the DJ of your fate.
VIKRAM SETHRevision 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.
More Vikram Seth Quotes
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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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You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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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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And the process of reading is such a private one. I once came into a room where a friend of mine was reading one of my books, and he clicked his tongue impatiently and shooed me off.
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I think it’s possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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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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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I’m not. I’m just obsessed with my work.
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I don’t pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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I 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.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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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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I want my books to sell, to be read. I’m not interested in being obscure.
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Man without life companion is either god or beast.
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