Vikram Seth quote: Those books of mine that are remunerative - I'm not talking about poetry here - take years to write, and ...

Those books of mine that are remunerative - I'm not talking about poetry here - take years to write, and I am never sure they'll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.

~ Vikram Seth ~

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