Quotes by Vikram Seth
Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet.
On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
Good music is good music, but it has to be good.
After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
I'm not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.
As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the current book contains music from one tradition, it is music from another tradition that most relaxes me.
