It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew, a city explored from the neutral heart outward, until after many years, it defined itself into a jumble of clearings separated by stretches of the…

Quote by V S Naipaul

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All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid...

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid...

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become...

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become...

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in...

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in...

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

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

But everything of value about me is in my books.

But everything of value about me is in my books.

We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When...

We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When...

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is...

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is...

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have...

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have...

I will say I am the sum of my books.

I will say I am the sum of my books.

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest...

Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest...

What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.

What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.

Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on...

Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on...

The world is always in movement.

The world is always in movement.

The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.

The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew,...

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew,...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.