V. S. Naipaul

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#become #men #nothing #place #themselves

Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#always #ant #begins #community #crisis

I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#came #center #come #had #hard

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#details #documentation #fascinating #friendships #however

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#comedy #deepest #hysteria #moment #writes

I will say I am the sum of my books. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#books #i #i am #say #sum

A cat only has itself. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#itself #only

A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#civilization #dying #over #said #taken

Africa has no future. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#future

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#doing #easy #easy thing #element #i