Another possibility, that also seems peu apropos: "I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child....I have to go back to every other sentence for oral erasures and inserts. Even the dream I describe to my wife across the breakfast table is only a first draft." -- from the introduction to Strong Opinions, I believe. Check me on that. --Tim
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Nabokv-L
<nabokv-l@utk.edu> wrote:
Dear Sandy,
I must therefore ask you to
relay the following answer to those who may have been asking about this
approximate VN quote: "you can always count on a murderer for a fancy
prose style" -- from another context, regarding Humbert.
Ciao,
D
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