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Vikram Seth quotes: I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

Vikram Seth quotes: And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

Vikram Seth quotes: I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.

I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.

Vikram Seth quotes: If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

Vikram Seth quotes: My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?

My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?

Vikram Seth quotes: I'm not a mouse or a tigress, she thought, I'm a hedgehog.

I'm not a mouse or a tigress, she thought, I'm a hedgehog.

Vikram Seth quotes: It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.

It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.

Vikram Seth quotes: I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

Vikram Seth quotes: I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check - it forces me to work harder at what I'm interested

I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check - it forces me to work harder at what I'm interested in.

Vikram Seth quotes: You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.

You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.

Vikram Seth quotes: I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

Vikram Seth quotes: You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.

You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.

Vikram Seth quotes: For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.

For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.

Vikram Seth quotes: Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.

Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.

Vikram Seth quotes: I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.

I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.

Vikram Seth quotes: God save us from people who mean well.

God save us from people who mean well.

Vikram Seth quotes: I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.

I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.

Vikram Seth quotes: Man without life companion is either god or beast.

Man without life companion is either god or beast.

Vikram Seth quotes: To steel yourself against mangoes showed a degree of iciness that was almost inhuman.

To steel yourself against mangoes showed a degree of iciness that was almost inhuman.

Vikram Seth quotes: Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

Vikram Seth quotes: I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.

I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.

Vikram Seth quotes: In life's brief game to be a winnerA man must have ... oh yes, aboveAll else, of course, someone to love.

In life's brief game to be a winner
A man must have ... oh yes, above
All else, of course, someone to love.

Vikram Seth quotes: So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

Vikram Seth quotes: To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away,

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away,

Vikram Seth quotes: Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

Vikram Seth quotes: Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.

Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.

Vikram Seth quotes: ghazal that he had heard Saeeda Bai sing, but, oddly,

ghazal that he had heard Saeeda Bai sing, but, oddly,

Vikram Seth quotes: My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.

My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.

Vikram Seth quotes: I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

Vikram Seth quotes: I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.

I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.

Vikram Seth quotes: I'm not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.

I'm not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.

Vikram Seth quotes: Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Vikram Seth quotes: I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.

I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.

Vikram Seth quotes: I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.

I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.

Vikram Seth quotes: The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

Vikram Seth quotes: I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Vikram Seth quotes: There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

Vikram Seth quotes: Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

Vikram Seth quotes: In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.

Vikram Seth quotes: On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'

On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'

Vikram Seth quotes: Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?

Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?

Vikram Seth quotes: You can talk good ideas out of existence.

You can talk good ideas out of existence.

Vikram Seth quotes: He had come to a decision about the next step in his life. This decision was irrevocable unless he changed his mind.

He had come to a decision about the next step in his life. This decision was irrevocable unless he changed his mind.

Vikram Seth quotes: Each point in the universe must make up its own mind on the question of acknowledgement before acknowledgement can be considered universal.

Each point in the universe must make up its own mind on the question of acknowledgement before acknowledgement can be considered universal.

Vikram Seth quotes: The past is the past, and he can't make amends, only hope that the gain will outlast the damage.

The past is the past, and he can't make amends, only hope that the gain will outlast the damage.

Vikram Seth quotes: You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.

You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.

Vikram Seth quotes: I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

Vikram Seth quotes: In the painting I saw, in the books I read, I recalled her, for she her had in many ways been the making of me.

In the painting I saw, in the books I read, I recalled her, for she her had in many ways been the making of me.

Vikram Seth quotes: What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

Vikram Seth quotes: I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.

I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.

Vikram Seth quotes: Perhaps it is true that for all the evidence of the mirror, one pictures oneself in some deep niche of the mind as forever 18.

Perhaps it is true that for all the evidence of the mirror, one pictures oneself in some deep niche of the mind as forever 18.

Vikram Seth quotes: Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet.

Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet.

Vikram Seth quotes: Good music is good music, but it has to be good.

Good music is good music, but it has to be good.

Vikram Seth quotes: I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.

I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.

Vikram Seth quotes: Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored

Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored

Vikram Seth quotes: The ifs and buts of history ... form an insubstantial if intoxicating diet.

The ifs and buts of history ... form an insubstantial if intoxicating diet.