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"A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study." - Chinese proverb

I thought I'd start a collection of conversations with writers and other artists. Naipaul is a natural favorite to start with for his rich literary style and his long list of accomplishments. I have always enjoyed reading his work.

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CLIP 1(video): Charlie Rose's interview with Naipaul on Jan 25, 2000 provides a fascinating insight into a brilliant mind. The conversation lasts about 30 minutes.



His thoughts on death:

"One must always writes ones book, the work one's doing, as though it is the last. You musn't be holding anything back. So at any moment I would feel I have done my work."

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CLIP 2(video): Nobel acceptance speech (about 40 minutes).

Note: Click here if you are having trouble opening the video. The link takes you directly to the ram file on the Nobel Committee site.



On possible Nepalese ancestory, in his Nobel acceptance speech , he said:

"We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When our ways of thinking had changed, and we wished to know, it was too late. I know nothing of the people on my father's side; I know only that some of them came from Nepal. Two years ago a kind Nepalese who liked my name sent me a copy of some pages from an 1872 gazetteer-like British work about India, Hindu Castes and Tribes as Represented in Benares; the pages listed - among a multitude of names -those groups of Nepalese in the holy city of Banaras who carried the name Naipal. That is all that I have."

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CLIP 3(audio): Coming soon - as soon as I find the best way to post it here :)