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.

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...

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...

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.

The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this...

The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

But everything of value about me is in my books.

But everything of value about me is in my books.

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,...

I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively....

I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively....

Men have been found to deny woman intellect; they have credited her with instinct, with...

Men have been found to deny woman intellect; they have credited her with instinct, with...

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.