A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining but of re-creating the given world. In order to do this adequately, avoiding duplication of labor, the artist should know the given world.


Strong opinions (ed. McGraw-Hill Companies, 1973)

Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining...

A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining...

A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining...

A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining...