I think it’s possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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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I just love music – by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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I don’t think anyone should be banned. If you don’t like a book, set it aside.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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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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You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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I’m not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.
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What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.
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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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Dear though the reader might be, I’d be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.
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The past is the past, and he can’t make amends, only hope that the gain will outlast the damage.
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For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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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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You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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