"Writing has to support itself." — V.S. Naipaul

Writing has to support itself. - V.S. Naipaul

"Writing has to support itself."

— V.S. Naipaul

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115 Quotes by V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul has 115 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children,…
I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when…
Small things start us in new ways of thinking
Life is a helluva thing. You can see trouble coming and you can't do a damn thing to prevent it…
And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the…
The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for…
It has had a calamitous effect on converted peoples. To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your…
All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the…
But everything of value about me is in my books.
Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.
What matters in the end in literature, what is always there, is the truly good. And- though played out forms…
We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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