“I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mi...” — V. S. Naipaul Quote

“I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness.”

“All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.”

“Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand.”

“When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got.”

“Some days, you will sit down, and you write tens of thousands of words. Others, you have to force yourself to write a single sentence.”

“This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.”