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You get your inspiration – suggestions – wherever you have to, even from your mother.

Vikram Seth

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
You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Existence Goodness Ideas Talk Yourself
It’s not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.
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Evil Fear God Heart Need Start
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 want my books to sell, to be read. I’m not interested in being obscure.
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Book Interest Myself Reading
I don’t think anyone should be banned. If you don’t like a book, set it aside.
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Book Myself Thinking
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
And an equation is the same whether it’s written in red or green ink.
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Equation Ink Writing
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
God save us from people who mean well.
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God People Protection
I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check – it forces me to work harder at what I’m interested in.
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Force Hard Interest Kind Myself Simplicity Work
You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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Imagination Myself Novel Poetry 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
Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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Boredom Strong Writing
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
You get your inspiration – suggestions – wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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Inspirational Mom Yourself

You get your inspiration – suggestions – wherever you have to, even from your mother.

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