Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
Use unlikely materials. Who would choose Pnin as hero, but how did we live before Pnin?
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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Showbiz can be cruel.
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'Aid from heaven you may have,' he said, 'by saying your prayers; and I don't doubt you ask for this and all other things generally. But an angel won't come to tell you who ought to be Chancellor of the Exchequer.'
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I never did theater. I was a theater major at USC my first year because I didn't get into the film school. I was biding my time, hoping to be accepted to film school, and I ended up transferring to UCLA my sophomore year.
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What does it mean when nightmares dream of peace? When shadows wish for light?
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I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.
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Use unlikely materials. Who would choose Pnin as hero, but how did we live before Pnin?
