Quotes by V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul

Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer

Lived from: 1932 - 2018

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 17 august 1932 Died: 11 august 2018

  • In the beginning, before the arrival of the white men, I had considered myself neutral. I had wanted neither side to win, neither the army nor the rebels. As it turned out, both sides lost.

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  • Africa has no future.
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  • Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand.
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  • All cultures have been mingled forever.
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  • An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
    The Writer and the World (2012) 225
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  • But everything of value about me is in my books.
    Literary Occasions (2012) 188
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  • I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands.
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  • I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.
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  • I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time.
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  • I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.
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  • I will say I am the sum of my books.
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  • I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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  • If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead.
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  • If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
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  • In the beginning, before the arrival of the white men, I had considered myself neutral. I had wanted neither side to win, neither the army nor the rebels. As it turned out, both sides lost.
    A Bend in the River (2012) 52
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  • My life is short. I can't listen to banality.
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  • The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
    In a Free State (2012) 162
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  • We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.
    A Way in the World (2012) 8
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  • When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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  • You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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What are the most famous quotes from V.S. Naipaul?

The two most famous quotes from V.S. Naipaul are:

  • "Africa has no future."
  • "Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand."

When did V.S. Naipaul live?

V.S. Naipaul was born in 1932 and died in the year 2018.