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Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Christianity
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Wishbone
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God save us from people who mean well.
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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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Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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