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I don’t think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.

Vikram Seth

You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
VIKRAM SETH

Inspirational Motivational Yourself
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
Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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Boredom Strong Writing
You get your inspiration – suggestions – wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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Inspirational Mom Yourself
Of course, the greater one’s need, the greater one’s propensity to be mesmerized.
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Greatness Mesmerize Need
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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Evil Fear God Heart Need Start
It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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Beyond Excitement Intrigue Live Present Time
So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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English Language Novel Writing
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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Force Hard Interest Kind Myself Simplicity Work
And an equation is the same whether it’s written in red or green ink.
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Equation Ink Writing
Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.
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Happiness Person Place Power Thinking Yourself
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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Artist Paint Progress See Yourself
In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian.
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Myself Nation Temptation
Dear though the reader might be, I’d be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.
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Myself Reading
Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.
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Happiness Kind Person Place Power Think Yourself
I’m not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.
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Life Myself Understand

I don’t think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.

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