It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot. Vladimir Nabokov hallelujahhootshort 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
No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has. Vladimir Nabokov authorcharacterchekhov Change image and share on social
The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea. Vladimir Nabokov breakexplainsea Change image and share on social
Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Vladimir Nabokov cheatendfeel Change image and share on social
The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense. Vladimir Nabokov evolutionnonsensesense Change image and share on social
Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity. Vladimir Nabokov exhilaratephilistinevulgarity Change image and share on social
All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter. Vladimir Nabokov blushkineticmatter Change image and share on social
Happy is the novelist who manages to preserve an actual love letter that he received when he was young within a work of fiction, embedded in it like a clean bullet in flabby flesh and quite secure there, among spurious lives. Vladimir Nabokov actualbulletclean share on social
There is only one school of literature - that of talent. Vladimir Nabokov literatureschooltalent Change image and share on social
