Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it.

Vladimir Nabokov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 22, 1899 - July 2, 1977

Topics

PastWorldPineWhereAwayWould

It always takes awfully long time to understand unbelievably simple things.

Joe Chung

TimeSimpleLongSimple ThingsTakes

We will decide who comes to our country.

John Howard

CountryWillDecideWhoOur

Fiction is all about vicarious experiences and getting into other people's heads in a way that no other art form lets you.

Robert J. Sawyer

ArtPeopleYouWayFictionForm

Historians of European royalty have written of the king's 'two bodies' : one mortal and corrupt; the other divine, abstract and timeless.

Stacey D'Erasmo

KingRoyaltyTwoAbstractDivine

I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.

Robin S. Sharma

HumbleSimpleManSmallSmall Town

I didn't have much ambition, but I always had an idea in the back of my mind that I wanted to act. I would watch actors like Robert Mitchum, Humphrey Bogart, and Kirk Douglas, and I understood them.

Michael Madsen

MindAmbitionBackAlwaysActWatch

You have to add some sort of dimension to each of your characters because everyone has their own layers.

Julia Garner

YouEveryoneOwnBecauseLayersAdd

When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, and all sorts of sports at our finger tips. We weren't glued to computers because they didn't exist, so being active was all we knew.

Lisa Loeb

SportsDanceSchoolComputersGym

I think that we see Steve Jobs as the genius speaker in the mock black turtleneck with the round glasses, sort of beautifully delivering his new product, and I think that for people to understand that he started in a garage.

Joshua Michael Stern

PeopleGlassesBlackThinkGenius

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.

Joseph Campbell

AdventureYouSayQuestionYesBig

One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience.

Joseph Brodsky

HistoryResponsibilityConscienceOut

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

Chinua Achebe

PeopleUnderstandingArtistSideHer

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