Great writing can be done in biography, history, art. V. S. Naipaul artbiographygreat 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
An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally. V. S. Naipaul autobiographydistortfact Change image and share on social
Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background. V. S. Naipaul backgroundcharacterfiction Change image and share on social
My life is short. I can't listen to banality. V. S. Naipaul banalitylifelisten Change image and share on social
A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying. V. S. Naipaul civilizationdieworld Change image and share on social
I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people. V. S. Naipaul authorityfeelpeople 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
Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand. V. S. Naipaul africankickthing Change image and share on social
I grew up in a small place and left it when I was quite young and entered the bigger world. V. S. Naipaul bigentergrow Change image and share on social
