Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand. V. S. Naipaul africankickthing Change image and share on social
I became very interested in the Islamic question, and thought I would try to understand it from the roots, ask very simple questions and somehow make a narrative of that discovery. V. S. Naipaul discoveryinterestislamic Change image and share on social
I grew up in a small place and left it when I was quite young and entered the bigger world. V. S. Naipaul bigentergrow Change image and share on social
I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie. V. S. Naipaul softiethinktough Change image and share on social
The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing. V. S. Naipaul darknessexistinquire Change image and share on social
If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account. V. S. Naipaul accountnarrativesit Change image and share on social
At school I had only admirers; I had no friends. V. S. Naipaul admirerfriendschool Change image and share on social
In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the time being, and only for the time being - to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India. V. S. Naipaul arrivalcommunitydisadvantage share on social
This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true. V. S. Naipaul givelecturepeople Change image and share on social
