147 Quotes by Vikram Seth

I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

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.

There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

You can talk good ideas out of existence.

You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.

The fact is that at different stages of your life, and under the influence of different inspirations, you write different things. The point is not necessarily to find your voice, which grinds out the same sort of thing again and again, but to find a vehicle for people who are far more important than the author: the characters.

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.