V. S. Naipaul Quote

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas — and you have to work through it all.

Quoted in "V.S. Naipaul in Search of Himself: A Conversation" with Mel Gussow, The New York Times, (24 April 1994)

V. S. Naipaul in Search of Himself: A Conversation

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas — and you have to work through it all.

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas — and you have to work through it all.

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas — and you have to work through it all.

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas — and you have to work through it all.