Books Quote by Vladimir Nabokov Download Open image “I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.” — Vladimir Nabokov ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Children Distinguished Genius Intelligence Speak Writing
I usually say I write for the smartest, cleverest, wittiest audience I know, and that's me. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I consider myself a genius because, when you talk about anything and everything, you a genius to me. It's just about makin' it fire… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I read a lot, I write a lot, and I have conversations with people I think are intelligent and wise. — Montaigne Copy Share Image
Some will think your writing is genius. Some will think it juvenile. What's important is that you, the writer, are satisfied with your work. — D Michael Hardy Copy Share Image
I am a writer... I am a genius of a writer; I have it in me. I am writing the best poems of my… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily self-identify as a writer, 'cause it implies a certain level of intelligence. — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I don't write because of some rare talent. I write because I have a little voice inside of me that says really cool things… — Todd Newton Copy Share Image
“...under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Ami azt illeti, Vannak kezdtek nagyon tetszeni a fák is, a csodák is meg az Adák is.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“It isn’t possible. I cannot imagine it. Come on over here, you foolish little doe, and tell me on what day I shall die.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Precautions to be taken in the case Of freak reincarnation: what to do On suddenly discovering that you Are now a young and vulnerable… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
