V. S. Naipaul

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

— V. S. Naipaul

#comedy #deepest #hysteria #moment #writes

All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#becoming #father #me #read #right

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#distort #facts #fiction #lies #never

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#beyond #child #children #come #grandmother

But everything of value about me is in my books. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#books #everything #me #value

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#biography #done #great #history #writing

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#feel #home #house #i #idea

I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#come #had #home #i #i always

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

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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

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