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61 quotes by Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth Vikram Seth signing autographs at Bangla Academy, Dhaka on 17 November 2012 Born (1952-06-20) 20 June 1952 (age 62) Kolkata, India Occupation Novelist, poet Nationality Indian Alma mater St. Michael's High School,Patna The Doon School Corpus Christi College, Oxford Stanford University Genre novels, poetry, libretto, travel writing, children's literature, biography/memoir Notable works A Suitable Boy The Golden Gate An Equal...
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My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.

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In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to... →

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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends.... →

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I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

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I'm not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.

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I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know... →

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Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist.... →

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I know from an editor's point of view or a publisher's point of view it's easier to slot me into a particular niche. But I know that... →

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Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a... →

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I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

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I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.

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I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check - it forces me to work harder at what I'm interested in.

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