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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.

Vikram Seth

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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Boredom Strong Writing
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
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
There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.
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Carry Feeling Goodness Man Writing
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 just love music – by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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Eligible Imagination Love Music Myself Professional
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
I’m not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.
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Life Myself Understand
God save us from people who mean well.
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God One Liner People Save
I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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Myself Reason Religious Subject Tolerance
I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.
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Goodness Myself Nature Person Thinking World
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
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
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
You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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Inspirational Motivational Yourself

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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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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