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But everything of value about me is in my books. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#books #everything #me #value

Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it. I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#been #before #book #career #case

I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#come #had #home #i #i always

Making a book is such a big enterprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#book #enterprise #making #such

My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#book writing #dirty #extraordinary #grief #publishing

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#am #any #awaits #aware #book

In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#looking #people #quality #search #seem

When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look or size that makes it acceptable to live life. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#always #certain #danced #heavier #i

Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#good #i #smoking #stopped #well

I've appointed a task force to take a fresh look at the color-code system and whether we should retain it, change it or scrap it. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#change #force #fresh #fresh look #i