The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men. V. S. Naipaul absolutelycinemacopy share on social
I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not. V. S. Naipaul paragraphpieceread Change image and share on social
Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe. V. S. Naipaul childfeelhome Change image and share on social
If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don't express your disregard for the essence of the culture. It's a form of aggression. V. S. Naipaul aggressioncountryculture Change image and share on social
I became very interested in the Islamic question, and thought I would try to understand it from the roots, ask very simple questions and somehow make a narrative of that discovery. V. S. Naipaul discoveryinterestislamic Change image and share on social
I went to India and met some people who had been involved in this guerrilla business, middle-class people who were rather vain and foolish. There was no revolutionary grandeur to it. Nothing. V. S. Naipaul businessclassfoolish Change image and share on social
All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right. V. S. Naipaul fatherreadstory Change image and share on social
I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost. V. S. Naipaul centerhardlondon Change image and share on social
