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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Everything
Thing
Mind
Inspiration
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I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.
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You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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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 am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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