One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas - and you have to work through it all. V. S. Naipaul bearexpectationidea Change image and share on social
There are certain things that are too painful for people to even write about sometimes, and there are certain things that are too hard to read about again. V. S. Naipaul hardpainfulpeople Change image and share on social
I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. V. S. Naipaul kindpeopleread Change image and share on social
What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude. V. S. Naipaul attitudegeneralpast Change image and share on social
It is important not to trust people too much. V. S. Naipaul importantpeopletrust 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
As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are. V. S. Naipaul childgrandmotherhouse Change image and share on social
There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to. V. S. Naipaul considereasylightly Change image and share on social
How can you be an atheist and have an ideology to go with it? To be an atheist is to be free of some areas of belief. I don't see how that can become an ideology. V. S. Naipaul areaatheistbelief 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
