Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society. V. S. Naipaul colonialcomplexphilistine Change image and share on social
One is made by all the things around one. There are many things that have made one. For a writer to go around looking for things that have made him is asking for trouble. It's like giving a character to yourself. Can't do it. Can't do it. These things are just there. Is that enough? V. S. Naipaul charactergivemake share on social
Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in. V. S. Naipaul africacossetfun Change image and share on social
I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea. V. S. Naipaul guideideaintuition Change image and share on social
The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities. V. S. Naipaul conferconvinceexist share on social
I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred. V. S. Naipaul ancestryblurfather Change image and share on social
Writers should provoke disagreement. V. S. Naipaul disagreementprovokewriter Change image and share on social
In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon. V. S. Naipaul curmudgeonreputation Change image and share on social
Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it. I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others. V. S. Naipaul bookcareercase share on social