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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
V. S. Naipaul
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V. S. Naipaul
Died: 2018
Died: August 11
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Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
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An autobiography can distort facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
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