I will say I am the sum of my books.

Quote by V S Naipaul

Topics: V S Naipaul Quotes

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

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

I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had...

I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had...

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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,...

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am...

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am...

But everything of value about me is in my books.

But everything of value about me is in my books.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world...

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world...

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...

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,...

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told...

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told...

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...

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 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...