Quotes by trinidadian authors

If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know? V. S. Naipaul

One is made by all the things around one. There are many things that have made one. For a writer to go around looking for things that have made him is asking for trouble. It's like giving a character to yourself. Can't do it. Can't do it. These things are just there. Is that enough? V. S. Naipaul

Character Yourself Made Giving Trouble Looking Enough Writer Like Him Around Go Just Asking Many Things

I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea. V. S. Naipaul

Alone Political Guiding System Intuition Idea Always Moved Literary