Book Quote by Vladimir Nabokov Download Open image “Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.” — Vladimir Nabokov ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Essence Great ideas Hogwash Ideas Ideas Hogwash Structure Structure Essence Style Style Structure Writer
Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
In a book you can really talk about ideas and themes and characters in a deeper way than you can even on the screen. — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writers are naturally obsessed with books, the tangible artifacts of their labor. Even beyond the text, I love the physicality of books, the possibilities… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Books are really, really hard to write. They represent a kind of a summit of grappling with what one really has to say — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
The ideas get under your skin. I am honored and deeply excited by the thought that the next generation of writers, or whomever, are… — Robert Greene 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
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
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
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
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