Man without life companion is either god or beast.
VIKRAM SETHAnd 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.
More Vikram Seth Quotes
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You get your inspiration – suggestions – wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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God save us from people who mean well.
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I want my books to sell, to be read. I’m not interested in being obscure.
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Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?
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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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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 will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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I just love music – by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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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.
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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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God save us from people who mean well.
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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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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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