A Quote by V. S. Naipaul

Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it.

V. S. Naipaul

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V. S. Naipaul
Trinidadian - Writer
Born: August 17, 1932

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

Each genre has its own process. I'm very intuitive about poetry. I usually write first and second drafts out by hand. The other end of the spectrum is journalism, which is much more cerebral, more thought-out and planned. Fiction lies somewhere in between. I usually start intuitively but eventually I need to stop and consider structure, or research, or both.

Achy Obejas

each age stands on the shoulders of the one that has gone before, and out of the revolt of the old is fashioned the new.

Eloise Lownsbery

Intuitively, one would assume if you don't grow up with other children you might not learn that easy give and take. What often happens is that there are some only children who act that way, and that stands out more than the only children who seem to get along with others.

Peter Thomas

I was taught in school that I have to look out for number one. That was against everything that I intuitively felt.

Tom Shadyac

In a sense, all fiction is experimental. Every new book is an adventure into unknown territory. As Hemingway told us, you (the writer) have to go out beyond where you have gone before.

Richard Laymon

There are some people whose Twitter feeds are works of art. They intuitively understand how much of themselves to put out there.

Jess Walter

Artists are most themselves when they are out of their minds, transcending the ego skirmishes of conceptual thought, and intuitively relinquishing control to the greater Creator

Alex Grey

If I am intuitively led to buy and read a book, what that means is that there is something there that will help me grow spiritually.

Echo Bodine

The chemistry of making the songs is often about being inspired by each other and responding intuitively.

Joe Goddard

I do tend to look at my books in many ways as conceptual fiction, even to the point where I think the author's photograph is part of the package. And I have gone out of my way to select the photograph to connect to the subject matter of each book.

Bret Easton Ellis

In investing, we intuitively think we should make a number of small bets. A blockbuster strategy is the opposite. It means making fewer huge investments. But it turns out to be safer.

Anita Elberse

I only read a book if I feel intuitively led to read it.

Echo Bodine

At a Metro station, I got called out by my character name - Meera - and I realised that I had started responding to that quite intuitively. It was quite a funny moment.

Mithila Palkar

If students don't think that you care and can relate, especially as they get older, they tune you out. I didn't get it in my classes at the graduate school of education. I got it intuitively from my own experiences as a student.

Pedro Noguera

It's been amazing to step out of a bottle of ink on to an iPad. There's no better time than right now to embrace this fabulous sandpit of technology. Because intuitively, at the touch of a finger, most of it is possible.

Max Walker

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