In England people are very proud of being very stupid. V. S. Naipaul englandpeopleproud Change image and 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
If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. V. S. Naipaul deadgeneratehostility 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
If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know? V. S. Naipaul beginbulkeighty Change image and share on social
We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When our ways of thinking had changed, and we wished to know, it was too late. I know nothing of the people on my father's side; I know only that some of them came from Nepal. V. S. Naipaul changefamilyfather share on social
Making a book is such a big enterprise. V. S. Naipaul bigbookenterprise 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
