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I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Something
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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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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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above-- Know that you aren't alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all your years.
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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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I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.
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I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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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 want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.
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I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.
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Put your backbone where your wishbone is.
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
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There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.
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Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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I'm not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.
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It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.
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I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of all this restlessness? I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.
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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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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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