The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book. Vladimir Nabokov admirablebookboy Change image and share on social
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. Vladimir Nabokov butterflyliteratureman Change image and share on social
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. Vladimir Nabokov crimecrueltyloathing Change image and share on social
I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is. Vladimir Nabokov lovemattermemory Change image and share on social
Genius is an African who dreams up snow. Vladimir Nabokov africandreamgenius Change image and share on social
A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader. Vladimir Nabokov fictionfitmasterpiece Change image and share on social
There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity. Vladimir Nabokov activitybathcommunal Change image and share on social
I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child. Vladimir Nabokov authorchilddistinguish Change image and share on social
A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past. Vladimir Nabokov fullyhomemortal Change image and share on social
Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed. Vladimir Nabokov agofinishframe Change image and share on social
