Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader’s experience. If it’s a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it’s a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.
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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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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All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above– Know that you aren’t alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all your years.
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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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Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.
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Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?
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I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.
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Those books of mine that are remunerative – I’m not talking about poetry here – take years to write, and I am never sure they’ll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.
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I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens – not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens – should talk about things that matter to them.
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Put your backbone where your wishbone is.
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God save us from people who mean well.
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Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian.
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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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Don’t put things off till it’s too late. You are the DJ of your fate.
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