"What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude."
-V. S. Naipaul
AttitudeView Quote
"If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.“
-V. S. Naipaul
posted in Alone
Other Quotes by V. S. Naipaul
Discover more inspiring quotes by V. S. Naipaul
"When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day."
-V. S. Naipaul
StrengthView Quote
"Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well."
-V. S. Naipaul
ExperienceView Quote
"It is important not to trust people too much."
-V. S. Naipaul
TrustView Quote
"Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society."
-V. S. Naipaul
SocietyView Quote
"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
HomeView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."
-John Berger
AloneView Quote
"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
-Thomas Carlyle
AloneView Quote
"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
-George Carlin
AloneView Quote
"I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before."
-Michael Collins
AloneView Quote
"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
-Baruch Spinoza
AloneView Quote
"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."
-Paul Valery
AloneView Quote