If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account. V. S. Naipaul Next Quote Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives. - V. S. Naipaul Previous Quote Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well. - V. S. Naipaul