Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives. V. S. Naipaul Next Quote I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not. - V. S. Naipaul Previous Quote 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