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Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored.

Vikram Seth

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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Learning Natural Poetry Way Yourself
I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.
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Lazy Myself Natural Need Obsession Order
Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored.
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Book Goodness Ignorance Praise
Of course, the greater one’s need, the greater one’s propensity to be mesmerized.
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Greatness Mesmerize Need
So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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English Language Novel Writing
Put your backbone where your wishbone is.
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Dreams Inspirational Success Yourself
You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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Inspirational Motivational Yourself
I think if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
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Action Myself Thinking Worth
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
I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.
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Future Material Nostalgia Time World
Man without life companion is either god or beast.
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God Life Man Partner
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
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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Hands Love Night Oneself Right Sleep Tears Yourself
I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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Myself Reason Religious Subject Tolerance
I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.
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Book Feeling Media Myself News People Space Writing

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