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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
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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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Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and that would continue to flow long after the human race had, through hatred and knowledge, burned itself out.
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Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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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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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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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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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 think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.
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You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.
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In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.
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I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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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 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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Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.
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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 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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Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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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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