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Dear though the reader might be, I’d be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.

Vikram Seth

Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored.
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Book Goodness Ignorance Praise
Don’t put things off till it’s too late. You are the DJ of your fate.
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Fate Late Time Yourself
Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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Boredom Strong Writing
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
Man without life companion is either god or beast.
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God Life Man Partner
The past is the past, and he can’t make amends, only hope that the gain will outlast the damage.
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Change Damage Hope Past
To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.
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Hard Time Heart Broken Life Love Yourself
God save us from people who mean well.
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God People Protection
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
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 just love music – by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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Eligible Imagination Love Music Myself Professional
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 think it’s possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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Business Inspirational Myself Possible Talent Thinking Tree
In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian.
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Myself Nation Temptation
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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Character Establishment Existence Happiness Revision Yourself
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

Dear though the reader might be, I’d be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.

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