Best V.S. Naipaul Sayings
- Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes. America
- To read a newspaper for the first time is like coming into a film that has been on for an hour. Newspapers are like serials.… Been
- I'm my own writer. My material means I'm entirely separate. Entirely
- That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which… Easy
- 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… Attractive
- 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. Came
- One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria. Always Writes
- The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. Allow
- Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe. Child
- An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally. Autobiography
- I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands. Always Knew
- I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time. All
- A cat only has itself. Cat
- I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs. Dreadful
- I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary… Charming
- The world is always in movement. Inspirational
- Writers should provoke disagreement. Disagreement
- Africa has no future. Africa
- I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. Kind
- I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not. Know Whether
- I will say I am the sum of my books. Book
- If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing. Inspirational
- It is important not to trust people too much. Important
- My life is short. I can't listen to banality. Banality
- You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it. Appreciate
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