One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria. ✨ V.S. Nai…

V. S. Naipaul
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria. ✨ V.S. Naipaul in Search of Himself: A Conversation. Interview with Mel Gussow, The New York Times, April 24, 1994.
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