My Choice Of A Life

Take Whatever You Can From Others, And When There Is Nothing Left, Forget About Them.

Take A Look At The Books Other People Have In Their Homes.

I Write For A Certain Sphere Of Readers In The United States Who On Average Watch Seven And A Half Hours Of Multichannel Television Per Day.

People Say, "well, You Went On Television, It Enlarged Your Readership." It Did Not At All, Not At All. I Might As Well Tell You, I Lost Some Readership, Because The Profound Audience Felt Somehow Bothered By My Too Easy Manner.

[nabokov's] Language Is Made Visible . . . Like A Veil Or Transparent Curtain. You Cannot Help Seeing The Curtain As You Peek Into The Intimate Rooms Behind.