Much as VN disputed the work of Freud, there is one
of the doctor's findings that VN might have found it hard to argue with. To
paraphrase, the son that has his mother's unconditional, bountifully expressed
love will usually go through life with a strong sense of confidence. Few
children receive the abundant and unreserved love that VN had from his parents,
as a child.
Most great writers I have read about seemed to
have had quite the opposite sort of upbringing. The result has been the
self-administration of spectacular amounts of liquor.
Andrew Brown
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Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:02
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Subject: [NABOKV-L] NAB'S
CONFIDENCE
Greetings
It is interesting that VN never (as far as I can tell) mentioned in public
that he doubted his own genius. Most writers second guest themselves, talk
about the hardship of writing, but VN always made it seem like writing was
like breathing. Any comments?
Dane Gill