List of Vikram Seth Quotes

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Vikram Seth
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You know, i can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
Writing Imagine Novel
I don't think people give indian society enough credit. we may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.
Thinking People Giving
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?
Couple Eye Light
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.
Book Writing Successful
Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like krishan khanna? they want to convey something.
Jobs Giving Up Writing
All over india, all over the world, as the sun or the shadow of darkness moves from east to west, the call to prayer moves with it, and people kneel down in a wave to pray to god. five waves each day - one for each namaaz - ripple across the globe from longitude to longitude. the component elements change direction, like iron filings near a magnet - towards the house of god in mecca.
Prayer Moving Iron
In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. and one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.
Asking Questions Shy Answering Questions
Dear though the reader might be, i'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.
Silly Might Dear
You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.
Mother Inspiration Suggestions
There are plenty of good indian writers in english, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.
Boys Posters Burden
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.
Writing Years Found
I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and i'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.
Reading Stuff Interest
  • Born: June 20, 1952
  • Occupation: Novelist
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