V. S. Naipaul Quotes

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.

V. S. Naipaul

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• Sometimes I pay for it, With the way I walk now, the things I did to my body wasn't supposed to be done. At 48 years old, it is saying, 'Hey, Earl, remember what you did to me?'.

  

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• I'm not into the attention thing so much.

  

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• An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Never
  • Lies
  • Facts