Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in. V. S. Naipaul africacossetfun Change image and share on social
It is important not to trust people too much. V. S. Naipaul importantpeopletrust Change image and share on social
I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred. V. S. Naipaul ancestryblurfather Change image and share on social
Writers should provoke disagreement. V. S. Naipaul disagreementprovokewriter Change image and share on social
The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities. V. S. Naipaul conferconvinceexist share on social
When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day. V. S. Naipaul daylearnmaster Change image and share on social
If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris. V. S. Naipaul fraudintellectualmeet Change image and share on social
The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next. V. S. Naipaul beginbusinessdefine share on social
