V. S. Naipaul

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
-V.S. Naipaul, In a Free State

After all, we make ourselves according to the ideas we have of our possibilities.”
-V.S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.
-V.S. Naipaul

Non-fiction can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies.”
-V.S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River