--- title: "Best Vikram Seth Sayings" description: "Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet who has written three novels and several poetry collections. Browse 113 Vikram Seth quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vikram-seth-93682.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vikram-seth-93682.jpg) # Vikram Seth (1952) Poet India **113** quotes in **699** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Vikram Seth is a poet from India, best known for *A Suitable Boy*. ## Quick Facts About Vikram Seth Born June 20, 1952 Nationality India Profession Poet Notable works A Suitable Boy Known for An Equal Music, The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy ## About Vikram Seth His work has earned him the Padma Shri, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the WH Smith Literary Award and the Crossword Book Award. Poetry collections such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are noted as important contributions to Indian English language poetry. ## Awards & Honors Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Sahitya Akademi Award in English Guggenheim Fellowship Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize Commander of the Order of the British Empire Padma Shri in literature and education ## Quotes by Vikram Seth · Page 3 > [So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/so-many-indian-novels-quite-unfairly-do-not-get-the-prominence-they/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Because](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/because/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/vikram-seth-4208_because_so-many-indian-novels-quite-unfairly-do_2237904.jpg) > [If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/if-i-m-compelled-to-do-something-i-don-t-shy-away-from-it-simply/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/away/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/vikram-seth-4208_away_if-i-m-compelled-to-do-something-i-don-t_1733481.jpg) > [It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/it-s-not-the-gods-but-our-own-hearts-we-need-to-fear-the-evil-starts/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Against all odds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/against-all-odds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/vikram-seth-4208_against-all-odds_it-s-not-the-gods-but-our-own-hearts-we_251590.jpg) > [My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/my-main-motivation-is-not-to-get-bored-i-m-just-hoping-i-get-a/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Bored](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/vikram-seth-4208_bored_my-main-motivation-is-not-to-get-bored-i_1889778.jpg) > [I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/i-think-goodness-is-about-how-person-behaves-to-person-and-also/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Behave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/vikram-seth-4208_behave_i-think-goodness-is-about-how-person-beh_2987317.jpg) > [There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/there-are-plenty-of-good-indian-writers-in-english-and-none-of-us/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/vikram-seth-4208_being_there-are-plenty-of-good-indian-writers_1244632.jpg) > [Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/of-course-i-have-to-consider-that-i-ve-written-a-lot-of-prose-but-i/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/vikram-seth-4208_being_of-course-i-have-to-consider-that-i-ve-w_1037471.jpg) > [“He had come to a decision about the next step in his life. This decision was irrevocable unless he changed his mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/he-had-come-to-a-decision-about-the-next-step-in-his-life-this/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Decision](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decision/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/vikram-seth-4208_decision_he-had-come-to-a-decision-about-the-next_2544430.jpg) > [Those books of mine that are remunerative - I'm not talking about poetry here - take years to write, and I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/those-books-of-mine-that-are-remunerative-i-m-not-talking-about/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Being successful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-successful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/vikram-seth-4208_being-successful_those-books-of-mine-that-are-remunerativ_2789026.jpg) > [Music, such music, is a sufficient gift. Why ask for happiness; why hope not to grieve? It is enough, it is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/music-such-music-is-a-sufficient-gift-why-ask-for-happiness-why-hope/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Being blessed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-blessed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a01/vikram-seth-4208_being-blessed_music-such-music-is-a-sufficient-gift-wh_2440060.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/poetry-i-think-intensifies-the-reader-s-experience-if-it-s-a-humorous/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/vikram-seth-4208_books_poetry-i-think-intensifies-the-reader-s_1142616.jpg) > [I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/i-don-t-want-to-talk-too-much-about-the-nitty-gritty-of-writing-it-s/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/vikram-seth-4208_about_i-don-t-want-to-talk-too-much-about-the_1197717.jpg) > [As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the current book contains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/as-for-what-i-listen-to-after-writing-it-could-be-anything-but-i-ve/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [After](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/vikram-seth-4208_after_as-for-what-i-listen-to-after-writing-it_2032546.jpg) > [“In a clear brook With joyful haste The whimsical trout Shot past me like an arrow I play the line of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/in-a-clear-brook-with-joyful-haste-the-whimsical-trout-shot-past-me/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/vikram-seth-4208_happiness_in-a-clear-brook-with-joyful-haste-the-w_289763.jpg) > [In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/in-a-painting-you-can-t-make-out-whether-the-artist-painted-the-left/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/vikram-seth-4208_art_in-a-painting-you-can-t-make-out-whether_2227147.jpg) > [Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/do-not-write-if-there-is-no-tremendous-urge-to-do-so-at-the-heart/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Bore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/vikram-seth-4208_bore_do-not-write-if-there-is-no-tremendous-u_1322982.jpg) > [What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/what-is-the-difference-between-my-life-and-my-love-one-gets-me-low/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Difference](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difference/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/vikram-seth-4208_difference_what-is-the-difference-between-my-life-a_481958.jpg) > [Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/fiction-basically-is-a-form-of-gossip-where-you-want-to-enter-other/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/vikram-seth-4208_fiction_fiction-basically-is-a-form-of-gossip-wh_2637056.jpg) > [All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above-- Know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/all-you-who-sleep-tonight-far-from-the-ones-you-love-no-hand-to-left/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Emptiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emptiness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/vikram-seth-4208_emptiness_all-you-who-sleep-tonight-far-from-the-o_1050861.jpg) > [And the process of reading is such a private one. I once came into a room where a friend of mine was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/and-the-process-of-reading-is-such-a-private-one-i-once-came-into-a/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/vikram-seth-4208_book_and-the-process-of-reading-is-such-a-pri_2942925.jpg) > [If somebody writes clearly, you can pretty much tell immediately if something is shallow or deep, whereas if they write with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/if-somebody-writes-clearly-you-can-pretty-much-tell-immediately-if/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Clearly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clearly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/vikram-seth-4208_clearly_if-somebody-writes-clearly-you-can-prett_2368901.jpg) > [When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/when-i-realised-that-i-had-feelings-for-men-as-well-as-women-at-first/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/vikram-seth-4208_am_when-i-realised-that-i-had-feelings-for_1837073.jpg) > [I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/i-recall-drinking-sherry-in-california-and-dreaming-of-england-where/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Around the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around-the-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/vikram-seth-4208_around-the-world_i-recall-drinking-sherry-in-california-a_1093962.jpg) > [Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/too-many-trees-are-killed-to-print-the-words-of-people-who-may-not/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Authors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/vikram-seth-4208_authors_too-many-trees-are-killed-to-print-the-w_1536174.jpg) > [“Night Watch Awake for hours and staring at the ceiling Through the unsettled stillness of the night He grows possessed of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/night-watch-awake-for-hours-and-staring-at-the-ceiling-through-the/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/vikram-seth-4208_light_night-watch-awake-for-hours-and-staring_2288889.jpg) > [Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/realism-hasn-t-fallen-out-of-favor-with-most-people-who-are/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Academic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/vikram-seth-4208_academic_realism-hasn-t-fallen-out-of-favor-with_226213.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/i-know-from-an-editor-s-point-of-view-or-a-publisher-s-point-of-view/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/vikram-seth-4208_book_i-know-from-an-editor-s-point-of-view-or_1132983.jpg) > [I love speculating about solutions to problems in mathematics. I have no interest whatever in sudoku. But I do look at chess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/i-love-speculating-about-solutions-to-problems-in-mathematics-i-have/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/vikram-seth-4208_about_i-love-speculating-about-solutions-to-pr_2560553.jpg) > [Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/revision-has-its-own-peculiar-pleasures-and-its-own-peculiar/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/vikram-seth-4208_character_revision-has-its-own-peculiar-pleasures_1011514.jpg) > [Basically, my mother couldn't hold a tune and when I was a baby, a rather tactless baby, I would ask her not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/basically-my-mother-couldn-t-hold-a-tune-and-when-i-was-a-baby-a/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Ask](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/vikram-seth-4208_ask_basically-my-mother-couldn-t-hold-a-tune_1509124.jpg) > [“Voices Voices in my head, Chanting, 'Kisses. Bread. Prove yourself. Fight. Shove. Learn. Earn. Look for love', Drown a lesser voice, Silent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/voices-voices-in-my-head-chanting-kisses-bread-prove-yourself-fight/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Being busy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-busy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/vikram-seth-4208_being-busy_voices-voices-in-my-head-chanting-kisses_1696626.jpg) > [“Wherever his faltering mind, unsteadily wanders, he should restrain it and bring it under self-control Krishna, the mind is faltering, violent, strong,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/wherever-his-faltering-mind-unsteadily-wanders-he-should-restrain-it/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/vikram-seth-4208_life_wherever-his-faltering-mind-unsteadily-w_1179283.jpg) > [“Oh, no said her mother sadly. You know nothing of the pettiness of women. When brothers agree to split a joint family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/oh-no-said-her-mother-sadly-you-know-nothing-of-the-pettiness-of/) [Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/vikram-seth-4208_family_oh-no-said-her-mother-sadly-you-know-not_3145162.jpg) ## Vikram Seth by topic [Books (23)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/vikram-seth/) [Writing (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/vikram-seth/) [Writer (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/vikram-seth/) [Life (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/vikram-seth/) [Thinking (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/vikram-seth/) [People (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/vikram-seth/) [Time (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/vikram-seth/) [Book (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/vikram-seth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/#itemlist", "name": "Vikram Seth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vikram Seth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/so-many-indian-novels-quite-unfairly-do-not-get-the-prominence-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/vikram-seth-4208_because_so-many-indian-novels-quite-unfairly-do_2237904.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/vikram-seth-4208_because_so-many-indian-novels-quite-unfairly-do_2237904.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/vikram-seth-4208_because_so-many-indian-novels-quite-unfairly-do_2237904.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written…” — Vikram Seth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vikram Seth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/if-i-m-compelled-to-do-something-i-don-t-shy-away-from-it-simply/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/vikram-seth-4208_away_if-i-m-compelled-to-do-something-i-don-t_1733481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/vikram-seth-4208_away_if-i-m-compelled-to-do-something-i-don-t_1733481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/vikram-seth-4208_away_if-i-m-compelled-to-do-something-i-don-t_1733481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.” — Vikram Seth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. 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