'Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.
Discipline is not a nasty word.
The thing with 'Mortal Kombat' is we really deal with that: What is the right thing to do? When somebody does something bad, do you, then, in your mind, rectify the situation by doing something bad to them?
Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word.
Nabokov's adventures in language and style and naked braininess are really unparalleled.
I'm beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things.
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.