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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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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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