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 have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years. V. S. Naipaul findfullyidea Change image and share on social
If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing. V. S. Naipaul oppressionsittalk Change image and share on social
Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives. V. S. Naipaul bookendlive Change image and share on social
I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands. V. S. Naipaul homeknowland Change image and share on social
The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next. V. S. Naipaul beginbusinessdefine share on social
