The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I ha…

V. S. Naipaul
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The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next. ✨ V. S. Naipaul (2012). Literary Occasions: Essays, p.189, Pan Macmillan
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The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next. ✨ V. S. Naipaul (2012). Literary Occasions: Essays, p.189, Pan Macmillan

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