I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world. V. S. Naipaul fillknowledgeread 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
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
The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities. V. S. Naipaul conferconvinceexist share on social
It's very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing... if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, you've got it half-made. I mean intellectually. V. S. Naipaul attractivebegingroup share on social
The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this incompleteness. V. S. Naipaul autobiographybiographyincompleteness Change image and share on social
The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate. V. S. Naipaul ancillaryaspectbritish Change image and share on social
If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms, break the forms. V. S. Naipaul bookbreakform Change image and share on social
I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment. V. S. Naipaul charmfriendjudgment Change image and 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
