The past is the past, and he can’t make amends, only hope that the gain will outlast the damage.
VIKRAM SETH
I think if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
More Vikram Seth Quotes
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The past is the past, and he can’t make amends, only hope that the gain will outlast the damage.
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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 get your inspiration – suggestions – wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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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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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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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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Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don’t have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing.
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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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God save us from people who mean well.
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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.
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