V. S. Naipaul Quotes
Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.
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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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On YouTube, when you have a big viral success with a song that isn't your own, the natural inclination for most YouTubers is to keep doing that. What you really should do is show people that you actually have substance and can write your own music.
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The gist is that good and evil are foreordained. What is foreordained comes necessarily to be after a prior act of divine volition...Rather, everything small and large is written and comes to be in a known and expected measure.
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A lot of crime writing suffers from treading water. I feel an obligation to move the character on and not repeat myself. I try to fit him into a different period and a different agenda. That way, you learn slightly more about his personal history in the tradition of the unreliable narrator. It makes it more challenging to write.
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Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.
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I am not as confident as the characters I play. I am a bit aloof. I am uncomfortable in social situations.
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Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise.
