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Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Till
Fate
Late
Things

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In life's brief game to be a winner A man must have...oh yes, above All else, of course, someone to love.
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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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Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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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 often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.
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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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And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink
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You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.
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My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?
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