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)

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V. S. Naipaul Quotes

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.