Book Quote by Vikram Seth

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. It's…

— Vikram Seth

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

— Vikram Seth

It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.

— Vikram Seth

“But what should I do?' Varun was saying. 'I'm not good for anything.' 'Write a book! Pull a rickshaw! Live! Don't make excuses,' said…

— Vikram Seth

“In a clear brook With joyful haste The whimsical trout Shot past me like an arrow I play the line of the song, I…

— Vikram Seth

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

— Vikram Seth

I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to…

— Vikram Seth

The problem with too beautiful a view is that it's alright for the mulling stage. But for the writing stage, you want to be…

— Vikram Seth

“Romantic retrospect aside, the night spent in the truck is distinctly unpleasant. We are cramped and cold. The much-vaunted heating of the truck is…

— Vikram Seth

Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?

— Vikram Seth

“Well, what do you think? Avanti?" "Avanti," cries everyone, and, after a few quick re-tunings of our instruments, and re-initialisings of our hearts, we…

— Vikram Seth

Behind every door on every ordinary street, in every hut in every ordinary village in this middling planet of a trivial star, such riches…

— Vikram Seth