I don’t think anyone should be banned. If you don’t like a book, set it aside.
VIKRAM SETH
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.
More Vikram Seth Quotes
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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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To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.
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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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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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I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I’m quite happy to read stuff on any of them.
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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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And an equation is the same whether it’s written in red or green ink.
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian.
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