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There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

Vikram Seth

You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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Imagination Myself Novel Poetry Writing
God save us from people who mean well.
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God People Protection
I just love music – by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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Eligible Imagination Love Music Myself Professional
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
You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Existence Goodness Ideas Talk Yourself
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.
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Elegant Experience Face Poetry Reading Sad Story Thinking
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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Happiness Interest Myself Quite Subject
Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and that would continue to flow long after the human race had, through hatred and knowledge, burned itself out.
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Burn Calm Earth Flow Hate Human Knowledge Quiet Race River
My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?
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Beyond Couple End Eyes Light Wake Up
God save us from people who mean well.
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God One Liner People Save
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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Book Oneself Poetry Risk Success Talk Writing
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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Citizenship Important Myself Talk Thinking Writing
Man without life companion is either god or beast.
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God Life Man Partner
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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Distract Economics Feeling Happiness Life Myself Novel Writing
For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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Discipline Obsession Substitute Writing
Of course, the greater one’s need, the greater one’s propensity to be mesmerized.
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Greatness Mesmerize Need

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