A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.
From Vladimir Nabokov
The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity.
There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.
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