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
I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs. V. S. Naipaul dreadfulendeye 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
One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal. V. S. Naipaul makesituationthing Change image and share on social
That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do. V. S. Naipaul easyelementjudge Change image and share on social
In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet. V. S. Naipaul 000chainengland Change image and share on social
I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness. V. S. Naipaul lastingnessminequality Change image and share on social
You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it. V. S. Naipaul havereadunderstand Change image and share on social
One is made by all the things around one. There are many things that have made one. For a writer to go around looking for things that have made him is asking for trouble. It's like giving a character to yourself. Can't do it. Can't do it. These things are just there. Is that enough? V. S. Naipaul charactergivemake 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
