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
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
To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have to be immersed in the world, you have to go out looking for it. This becomes harder as you get older because there's less energy, the days are shorter for older people and it's not so easy to go out and immerse oneself in the world outside. V. S. Naipaul dayeasyenergy 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
I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world. V. S. Naipaul fillknowledgeread Change image and share on social
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
To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.' V. S. Naipaul ancestralconvertculture Change image and share on social
My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh. V. S. Naipaul beholdeditorfeminine Change image and share on social