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Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
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I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check - it forces me to work harder at what I'm interested in.
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I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.
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I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
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For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.
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Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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Everyone sort of sees his own life and times as being ephemeral. One thinks that everything good or important that happened, happened in the past. But I think that seeing scenes that you are used to, but with the heightening effects of poetry, perhaps makes you value your life and times more than you might otherwise do.
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I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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In general, questions are fine you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.
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I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.
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Put your backbone where your wishbone is.
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And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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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 a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.
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And the process of reading is such a private one. I once came into a room where a friend of mine was reading one of my books, and he clicked his tongue impatiently and shooed me off.
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Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.
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